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Pusat KOMAS applauds the Inspector-General of Police, Abdul Hamid Bador’s acknowledgment that the rise of racial and religious hatred in the nation today are caused by politicians who were playing the race and religious cards. For far too long, race and religion were used by politicians to “divide and rule” to win the support of the people. Even though the Pakatan Harapan government recognized the severity of the use of race and religion by political opponents to pit one race with the other,...

The overtones of racial politics or racialised politics are becoming wild and vibrant as it goes under the rays of Malaysia Baru. The knee-jerk reaction of Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali after Pakatan Harapan's loss in Semenyih by-election, to propose for a strong Bumiputera agenda to be carried out by Harapan is perplexing to the hopes envisioned in and for Malaysia Baru. Pusat Komuniti Masyarakat (Komas) is appalled by Azmin’s racial rhetoric. Instead of promoting a new polity...

Pusat KOMAS lauds the announcement by the Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin to draft the Residential Tenancy Act, which will address racial discrimination in the property market at the launch of the National Housing Policy 2018-2025 (DRN). The announcement of the drafting of the act is a first step towards the elimination of the growing racial discrimination in Malaysia today. Issues of racial discrimination in the property market is not new in Malaysia. In fact, Pusat...