Dr M: Creating more Malay-based parties will divide the community

This underlines the urgent need for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad(pic) to raise money for government coffers, depleted by a fiscal deficit and a massive debt from a multi-bil dollar scandal, under the previous government, at state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed his disappointment over the setting up of many race-based political parties recently.

The Prime Minister said these parties, especially Malay-based ones, would only divide the community further.