Malaysia’s Bumiputera Policy and the Rights of Siamese People in Kedah and Kelantan
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This research aimed to study the rights of Siamese people on Bumiputera policy in Kedah and Kelantan; to study the advantages and disadvantages of the Bumiputera policy, and the guidelines for the management of Siamese people rights according to the Bumiputera policy. This research was qualitative research. The key informants consisted of 18 community leaders, religious leaders, special official of state executive, and the Siamese people who had knowledge about Bumiputera policy in Kedah and Kelantan States by purposive sampling and in-depth interview. The data was analyzed by descriptive analysis. Result of the study revealed that the rights of the Siamese people in Kedah and Kelantan according to the Bumiputera policy in many aspects. Economic aspect (the rights to purchase of stocks in ASB funds and Bank Rakyat, trading). Social aspect (the rights in medical care, religious affiliation). Political aspect (the right to be senators, political party members, village headmen).The advantages of the Bumiputera policy were as follows:-the Siamese had opportunity to serve civil service, received a 10% quota of education for non-Malay children.The disadvantage of Bumiputera policy was that the Siamese people still did not have the rights or opportunities as equal as the Malay people.The guidelines for the management Bumiputera policy toward Siamese people were as follows. Politicians should amend laws and regulations in order to give the rights to Siamese people equally with the Malay people gradually and it would be beneficial to the Malaysian government in reviewing the Bumiputerra policy toward Siamese people. This suggestion created a new body of knowledge and inspired other researchers to study more Siamese in Malaysia.
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