MAP reiterates call for special cabinet meet amid 'rising anti-Hindu sentiment'
The Malaysian Advancement Party (MAP) has reiterated its call for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to convene a special cabinet meeting amid what it described as 'rising anti-Hindu sentiment' in Malaysia.
The renewed call follows reports of a food delivery rider's religious slur against a teacher in Penang, which is the subject of a police investigation.
MAP chairperson P Waytha Moorthy said he had provided 'well-justified and historically grounded demands' in his...
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