Discrimination based on ethnicity in education, health care, finance, workforce and welfare has been increasing in the Malaysian society in recent years.
Breakdown:
Racial discrimination in the education sector
- Racist & derogatory remarks by school teachers
- Calls to abolish vernacular schools
- Christian student’s wooden cross confiscated
- ‘Orang Asli’ pupil tied, kicked for allegedly stealing money
Racialising Criminality
- Racialising of Low Yat Plaza Case
- The Kota Raya Incident
Racism in the Business Environment
- Protest against Petaling Street Traders
- Halal supermarket Trolleys
Discrimination based on dress code in Public Services Delivery
- Toddler denied treatment because mother’s pants was too short
- Woman forced to wear a sarong in the Road Transport Dept
- Journalist refused entry into Selangor State Secretariat (SUK) building
- Man wearing ‘cute pink shorts’ denied entry at KLIA Lost & Found office
Groups, Agencies and Individuals that use provocative racial sentiments
- ‘Red Shirts’ rally
- BTN, a platform to spread Racism
- Isma and its racist responses
- Ridhuan Tee, Columnist and University Lecturer
- PERKASA & Its President Ibrahim Ali
Political Groups, Hate Speech and Racial Statements
- Reactions to the Chinese ambassador’s statement
- UMNO Supreme Council member justifies Racism is allowed in Islam
- Racialising Statement on GST
- ‘Malay Unity’ and Racism, a political agenda
- Former Deputy Prime Minister said Bumiputeras are not racists for claiming their rights
- Member of Parliaments and Racially Derogatory Words
Xenophobic Behaviour
- Foreigners banned from condominiums
- Sabah and Sarawak Chief Justice’s remarks on Pakistanis in Sabah
Read the report at http://komas.org/v2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Malaysia-Racial-Discrimination-Report-2015.pdf
