Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement claiming that it is unconstitutional to promote Malaysia as a multiracial country is legally groundless, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Ramkarpal Singh.

He said the statement by Mahathir, who served as prime minister for 23 years and had never questioned Malaysia’s status as a multiethnic and multiracial country during that period, is deeply regrettable, especially when he himself recognised Malaysia as a multiethnic and multiracial nation during the same period.

“As a former prime minister for over two decades...