Ku Li calls for Malay identity to be used as basis for citizenship

TENGKU Razaleigh Tengku Hamzah has called for a review of a proposal, made some 10 years before Merdeka, that allows for the Malay identity to be used as the basis for securing Malaysian citizenship.

He said adopting the proposal, made by Parti Kebangsaan Melayu (PKMM) leader Dr Burhanuddin Helmy when he opposed the Malayan Union in 1946, would enable Chinese and Indians classified as Malays to be considered for citizenship.