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In an era of seemingly perpetual ethnic hostilities, Malaysia can be proud of a unique achievement — the coexistence of the three most prominent peoples of Asia: Malays (mostly Muslim), Chinese (mostly Buddhist), and Indians (many Hindu).
Nationalists in the new United Malays National Organization (UMNO) resented this “foreign” intrusion imposed by 19th-century economic development.
Before disbanding — and stashing its weapons in the jungle — the army wrought revenge on Malays who had collaborated with the Japanese.
Bolstered by a new influx of immigrants to meet the rubber and tin booms of the 1920s, non-Malays now slightly outnumbered the indigenous population.
Under Cambridge-trained lawyer Tunku Abdul Rahman, brother of the Sultan of Kedah, UMNO’s conservative Malays formed an alliance with the English-educated bourgeoisie of the Malayan Chinese Association and Malayan Indian Congress.