I refer to Dr Mahathir Mohamad's recent racist call to remove Brendan Pereira from The New Straits Times because he is not a Malay. For me, it came as a no surprise. Dr M is one of the most potent and dangerous leaders of Asia. An opportunist who is willing to stoop low in order to achieve what he wants.

When he was at the top, he needed to safeguard his position. He used money politics. He allowed corruption in Umno. He fed Umno top brass with millions in government contracts in order to garner their support. He allowed corruption in the civil service in order to have their support.

People who went against him were jailed. Newspapers were controlled. He created multi- millionaire cronies who were (and are) willing to spend millions to ensure that he held on to power.

When he was losing support, he reverted back to his racist politics. He cried at the Umno assembly as though the party was on the brink of collapse and extinction.

Today, he shamelessly goes around criticising the present government. It is like a pot calling other black.