S’wak bumis can use respective ethnicity

Good cheer: Dr Ahmad Zahid (second left) and Adenan (third left) engaging the crowd at the Sejiwa Senada programme in Kota Samarahan.

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Government will abolish the lain-lain race category in all official forms with immediate effect, allowing Sarawak bumiputras to use their respective ethnicity instead.

Announcing this at the Sejiwa Senada programme here yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it was in line with the Cabinet’s decision on the matter.