Hindraf critics are demonizing the victims
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- Posted by Dr V.S. Paraman
If you insist on arguing that there poor Malays, then you should at the same time ask why the Malays are still poor after 53 years of NEP assistance. And the next question is where does this put the Indian community that has no NEP assistance whatsoever for 53 years?
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