Dr M’s Malay disunity remarks ‘disingenuous’, says ex deputy minister

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Ti Lian Ker says Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself contributed to the split among the Malays, both when in power and after he stepped down in 2003.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/11/06/dr-ms-malay-disunity-remarks-disingenuous-says-ex-deputy-minister  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/11/06/dr-m-tak-jujur-sebut-orang-melayu-berpecah-lepas-berundur-kata-bekas-timbalan-menteri  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00A former Deputy Unity Minister has criticised Dr. Mahathir Mohamad for claiming that UMNO had all the Malays when he was at the party's helm,

00:09calling the remarks disingenuous and accusing him of selective memory.

00:13Tilyanker said Mahathir himself had contributed to Malay fragmentation,

00:17both during his 22-year reign as party president and prime minister and in the ensuing years.

00:23He noted that in the late 1980s, the party was infamously divided into Team A and Team B,

00:30leading Tengku Razali Hamzah to challenge Mahathir for the presidency in 1987.

00:35Tee said the split widened when those aligned with Tengku Razali were sacked from Mahathir's cabinet and left UMNO to form Semangat 46.

00:43He added that Mahathir's decision to sack Anwar Ibrahim as the deputy prime minister in 1998 drove the biggest wedge between the Malays.

00:51He recalled that Mahathir later formed Bersatu to remove Najib Razak from power

00:56and went on to establish Pejuang after falling out with Bersatu President Muhyiddin Yassin following the Sheraton move,

01:03which triggered the collapse of Mahathir's Pakatan Harapan government.

01:07Tee said it was ironic that Mahathir was now talking about the importance of Malay unity,

01:13given that his actions had inadvertently affected race relations as various Malay-based parties

01:18ramped up race and religious issues and rhetoric in an attempt to win over the fractured Malay voter base.

01:25Panyu Zhou, FMT.

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