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About 70 per cent of Malaysia's 32 million people are Malay Muslims and bumiputeras, while ethnic Chinese and Indians make up 23 per cent and 7 per cent respectively.
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KUALA LUMPUR - The presence of mainly bumiputera-only parties in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's new government has stoked worries among Malaysia's non-Malay communities that their interests will take a back seat.
Housewife Theresa Thomas, 56, said she is very concerned that what "little rights" she has as a non-Malay will slowly erode under the new government.
