Tuan Sahib Bwana Mahathir

When Mahathir said he doesn't believe in Ketuanan Melayu, let us recall, as reminded by Malaysiakini reader Dr Suresh Kumar, that the notoriously racist indoctrination unit BTN (Biro Tatanegara) thrived under him.

BTN was established in 1974 under the Youth ministry, but when Mahathir became PM, he renamed the unit and transferred in to the PM Department in 1981. It became the nation most notorious racist indoctrination unit for Malay public servants and university students, thanks to then-PM Mahathir.

As Dr Suresh said, only the blind and the delusional trust this forked tongue old man, to which I add one more category, the bloody desperate and crazy for power morons.

While Mahathir didn't create the term 'Ketuanan Melayu', the doctrine of Ketuanan Melayu flourished under his patronage, encouragement and sponsorship.

For Mahathir to say he doesn't believe in Ketuanan Melayu is like Pauline Hanson of Australia saying she doesn't believe in White control of Australia.

For Hanson, now is Muslim, before Chinese and earlier Aborigines

But one thing we need to acknowledge is that Mahathir must be really desperate enough to:

• even look at, let alone talk to Hindraf (but he did both, being MUCHO desperado)
• suck up to Lim Kit Siang (who he had hated for half a century)
• pretend he does not support Ketuanan Melayu (why then he nurtured BTN under his Department since 1981)
• etc
• etc