13th M'sia Plan marginalises Chinese, Indians
At the same time, Anwar defended the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) by saying that it was far superior to the other five-year plans because financial allocations to the bumiputera far exceeded previous ones.
Again, it is the same contradictory Anwar who defended the 13MP by saying that it was race and religion-neutral.
Yet the Chinese and Indians were given a pittance in financial allocations.
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