Malaysia is a complex country where race and religion are inextricably linked.
More than half of its 28 million people are Malay and, according to the constitution, must be Muslim.
Ethnic Chinese and Indians have freedom of religion and are mainly Christian, Hindu or Buddhist.
Despite boasts about the country's diversity, there is little interaction between the different races, leading to an escalation of tensions in recent years.
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Tony Pua of the opposition Democratic Action Party says this feeling begins at a young age.
As an ethnic Chinese, he saw Malay classmates who excelled sent off to attend elite schools that were not open to him.
Later, he was rejected for a government scholarship despite achieving grades good enough to study at Oxford University in the UK. Full story...
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More than half of its 28 million people are Malay and, according to the constitution, must be Muslim.
Ethnic Chinese and Indians have freedom of religion and are mainly Christian, Hindu or Buddhist.
Despite boasts about the country's diversity, there is little interaction between the different races, leading to an escalation of tensions in recent years.
(...)
Tony Pua of the opposition Democratic Action Party says this feeling begins at a young age.
As an ethnic Chinese, he saw Malay classmates who excelled sent off to attend elite schools that were not open to him.
Later, he was rejected for a government scholarship despite achieving grades good enough to study at Oxford University in the UK. Full story...
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