Experts: No changes to Constitution needed


PETALING JAYA: A decision by the Government to recognise the Indian Muslim community as bumiputra will not need a Constitutional amendment, said law experts.

Granting a community bumiputra status, say experts, also does not mean giving them all the special privileges accorded to Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak under Article 153 of the Constitution.

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