The people have to remember that Malays form the core of this country, which will cause the country to become unstable if shaken, believes political secretary to the prime minister Muhammad Zahid Md Arip.

Zahid was responding to the government's decision not to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).

He said the country has its own ways to maintain unity among the races, which has proven successful thus far...