THE announcement by an unknown, newly-set up Malay group challenging the citizenship of 1.75 million Malaysians granted between 1957 and 1970 failed to get any traction and rightly so too, as most found it ridiculous.
Most media organisations ignored this racist group, with one writer describing it as being part of a lunatic fringe but it was given a breath of life by online portals and before long, it was discussed on social media.