Malay unity a myth, says Gerak Independent co-founder

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PETALING JAYA: Malay unity has been proclaimed as the Holy Grail of Malaysian politics, but this is a myth, says Gerak Independent co-founder Tawfik Ismail.

In a statement yesterday, he said “there is no such thing (as Malay unity) in the psyche of the Malay population”.

“The Kelantan Malay has little in common with the Johor Malay, except for religion and, sadly, even that serves to divide because of the political use of religion by the Malay parties that are mass-based,” he said.

Tawfik said various coalitions in the country had tried in some way to push for Malay unity, citing the “Umno-Malay, Mahathir-Bersatu, Anwar Ibrahim, Najib Razak and Tengku Razaleigh type leaderships”

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