Lawyer and activist Siti Kasim today led a group of about 50 people to submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad urging him to retain P Waythamoorthy as the de facto national unity minister.

Siti said that 211 NGOs had jointly signed the memorandum to show their support for the besieged Waythamoorthy.

"Despite people saying that he's not doing his job as the national unity minister, I want people to know that behind the scenes, he has been working hard to solve the problems of the Orang Asli...