Bersatu’s fight to defend the rights of the bumiputera and Islam’s position as the religion of the federation has been labelled as a 3R (race, religion, and royalty) offence by the government, said party president Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday.

Despite it being done without disrupting the rights of other ethnicities and religions, the former prime minister lamented that the fight has extended to Bersatu members being accused of incitement and getting taken to court.

"The irony is that...