COMMENT | Dear Anthony Loke,

I feel saddened when I read your response to the concerns by Malaysians on the allegation that DAP’s concept of “Malaysian Malaysia” which originated from Lee Kuan Yew in the mid-1960s is the cause of the present racial divide and tensions.

This is definitely of grave concern to us as parents and grandparents for the future of our children and grandchildren in this multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious country that we proudly call Malaysia.

You cannot simply dismiss our concerns as MCA’s or Umno’s. We are the founding fathers of this harmonious nation on the basis of the “Social Contract” of recognising the special position of the Malays and recognising Islam as the religion of the federation as entrenched in our Federal Constitution.

Our past prime ministers...