P. Ramlee might point out that a lot of people might want to portray the article below as a racial issue but it is not. really. It’s about one superclass of people, who happen to be Malays and recipients of largese, screwing the whole country.
Read the Malaysiakini article (below) why a strong proponent of Malsysia’s New Economic Policy now says it will destroy the Malays:

NEP Will Destroy the Malays
By Bede Hong and Muhammad Razif
October 2, 2006 1:17PM
Since joining Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) as its treasurer in July, Khalid Ibrahim has called for the abolishment of the New Economic Policy (NEP) – an affirmative action scheme launched in 1971 to uplift the lot of poor Malays.
The call is surprising as it comes from a person once described as an ‘industry captain’.
Khalid, 60, is the former chief executive of Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd and former group chief executive of government-linked plantations company Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB). He stepped down from Guthrie in 2003. He also set up an asset-management and counsulting firm for foreign clients.
After spending nearly two decades in fund management, most recently with Malaysia’s National Equities Board (PNB), Khalid has made an about turn.
In part one of this two-part interview, Khalid tells malaysiakini about the need for the government to cut down on its operations costs, describes the NEP as ‘the devil’ and laments the lack of successful bumiputera entrepreneurs.
Malaysiakini: What do you think of the economy?
Khalid: With the likelihood of a world economic slowdown, coupled with the possibility of another rise in oil prices, which is quite the likelihood, I think the government needs to be concerned with reducing its operations costs. It’s more important than being cautious with spending. Continue reading P. Ramlee and the NEP
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