COMMENT | 'Malay' concept deserves clarification
COMMENT | 'Malay' concept deserves clarification A - COMMENT | Recently, Umno adviser Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah proposed that the “Malay” concept of an inclusive citizenship, purportedy originated by onetime PAS leader Dr Burhanuddin al-Helmy, be revived as the matrix for building a united nation. In all probability, Razaleigh was referring to one point of the People's Constitutional Proposals that were formulated in 1947 by Putera-AMCJA. Putera-AMCJA was a coalition of left-wing Malay parties (Pusat Tenaga Rakyat or Putera for short) headed by Burhanuddin that was allied to a cluster of la...