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e. The Malay Dilemma (Malay: Dilema Melayu) is a 1970 book by Malaysian politician and writer Mahathir Mohamad, who went on to be the country's longest serving Prime Minister. In it, Mahathir describes his interpretation of Malaysia's history in relation to its multi-ethnic society and racial tensions, and advocates for affirmative action ...
Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi: مَحاضر بن محمد; [1] IPA: [mahaðɪ (r) bɪn mohamad]; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held office from 1981 to 2003 and later from 2018 to February 2020 for a cumulative total of 24 years, making him the ...
Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times is a biography of Mahathir Mohamad written by the Australian journalist Barry Wain (1944–2013) and published in 2009. Bookstores were sold out of the book after its debut in Malaysia in April 2010, with all 500 copies sold out and additional reprints of 5,000 copies that year.
e. Operation Lalang (Malay: Operasi Lalang, also called Ops Lalang and taken to mean "Operation Weeding") was a major crackdown undertaken by the Royal Malaysian Police from 27 October to 20 November 1987, ostensibly to prevent the occurrence of racial riots in Malaysia. The operation saw the arrest of 106 to 119 people—political activists ...
Political positions of Mahathir Mohamad. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad 's political views have shifted during his lengthy career. Support for " Asian values," liberal Islam and Malay nationalism have long been part of Mahathir's political ideals. He has long been a critic of the foreign policy of the United States and other ...
Shintaro Ishihara (石原 慎太郎, Ishihara Shintarō, 30 September 1932 – 1 February 2022)[1] was a Japanese politician and writer, who served as the Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Sunrise Party, later merged with Toru Hashimoto 's Japan Restoration Party out of which he split his faction ...
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in his book, A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (pg. 589) stated that: The new `Malaysia Boleh!’ (Malaysia can do it) seemed to take hold and coincide with the period of growth. The Malaysia Book of Records had also been started and people now try to pull off unusual feat to get into it ...
The concept was advocated, particularly in the 1990s, by Mahathir Mohamad (Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1981–2003, 2018–2020) and by Lee Kuan Yew (Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959–1990), as well as other Asian leaders. It has been often used by nondemocratic leaders to justify repression of political opponents, which has been described as ...