Malays are 'pendatangs' too, Umno told

A Gerakan delegate today cautioned Umno leaders against "pendatang" (immigrants) remarks, reminding them that Malays were immigrants as well.

"Let me make Malaysians' position clear, Malays, Chinese and Indians were all pendatang, except the Orang Asli, Sabahans and Sarawakians, who are the original bumiputera," said Johor delegate Tan Lai Soon.

"Umno members who often said Chinese were pendatang never thought that they themselve were also pendatang," he said when debating party president Mah Siew Keong's policy speech during the Gerakan annual general meeting in Setia Alam today.