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Mutual respect: A file photo of youths and civil servants taking part in a full dress rehearsal for the 65th Merdeka celebration in Dataran Merdeka in 2022. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is wrong to say that it is unconstitutional to promote Malaysia as a multiracial country, say legal experts and moderates.

Former law minister and lawyer Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said the former prime minister is not a lawyer and sometimes likes to use legal precepts “to express himself to his own detriment.”

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