Malaysia gets a second chance

If Mahathir Mohamad acts now, he would give the country a second chance to become what it could be: a prosperous, spectacularly multi-cultural Asian version of Switzerland, writes Gwynne Dyer.
A happy ending to the tale, but there is one more service Mahathir Mohamad could do for his country, and he is the only person who can do it. Only he has the prestige, and now also the power, to end the special legal position enjoyed by his fellow Malays.

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