What do the Malays want?


The Malay voter base is in a state of change, in search of a new protector and defender against perceived challenges to their rights and beliefs.

POLITICAL analyst Dr Azmi Omar has been watching Terengganu politics for ever so long but he was in disbelief when his home state fell lock, stock and barrel to Perikatan Nasional in the state election.

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