Tommy Thomas, Anwar Ibrahim, and #BangsaMalaysia


IN THE criticisms of the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) contained in his controversial new book My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, Tommy Thomas, barely, if at all, mentions race.

And yet, no less of a figure than Anwar Ibrahim took the time to write an aureate critical book review – in which he (among a number of balanced comments) basically accuses Thomas of racism.

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