Tenants seeking a place to rent claim widespread discrimination


Common occurrence: The research showed that 62 or six in 10 of those surveyed have come across rental advertisements with specific racial requirements.

PETALING JAYA: Tenants seeking to rent rooms or homes feel that Malaysian landlords continue to place too much emphasis on race.

According to a research, one in five Malaysians or 21% of 1,204 Malaysians surveyed, claimed to have experienced discrimination based on their ethnicity when seeking a place to rent.

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