Anwar: Govt will protect country from racial conflicts

Steeped in tradition: Women pouring water on the hands of elderly people as part of Songkran celebrations at the Prachapirom temple in Narathiwat. — AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will strive to protect the country and the people from falling into narrow racial conflicts, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

In a Facebook post, he said the government was going to put an end to the attempts by quarters to use identity politics to divide society.