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Egalitaria wrote:

Indonesia has now defined ‘indigenous Indonesians’ as those people who are Indonesian citizens without going through a naturalization process.

Now do a quick comparison with Malaysia. We know the following:
1. The term “indigenous” is not clearly defined in the constitution.
2. The term “Malay” is identified in the constitution as one who speaks the Malay language, adopts Malay culture and is a practising Muslim.
3. The term “bumiputera” is not clearly defined and does not appear in the Constitution. In fact, there is debate as to the origins of this term. Based on Tun Dr Ismail’s book, the term was first introduced in year 1972. (He also says the term was a curse.) Other sources state that it was first used in Parliament in 1965, while debating the act that would create the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), a government agency to preserve Bumiputera interests.

Blogger compares Indonesia’s Anti-Discrimination Bill with the way Malaysia handles its definition of “bumiputera”.

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