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Anwar: Opposition pitting rakyat against each other over non-Malay PM

The issue of a non-Malay becoming the prime minister was played up by the opposition to create disunity among the country's multiracial community, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Speaking to reporters earlier today, he said the matter is a non-issue as Malaysia's prime minister has always been a Malay.

However, according to Anwar, the opposition always created an issue out of nothing to pit the rakyat... 

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