COMMENT | KL is a Malay-majority city that needs elections

COMMENT | Will elections in Kuala Lumpur harm the Malays? But how can that be possible when they are already the majority in the city?

The government’s own numbers from 2020 show that KL has 47.7 percent bumiputera, 41.6 percent Chinese and 10 percent Indians.

That was six years ago. By now, the bumiputera population should probably be over 50 percent, due to their higher birth rate and migration from other states, while many Chinese have gone overseas.

The government can build more affordable housing to pull even more Malays into the city.

Yet, as Malaysiakini reported, “Umno leaders are foaming at the mouth” over the mere proposal by the Federal Territories (FT) Department to study the feasibility of holding a mayoral election in KL.

Now, why would...