DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has slammed Umno Youth information chief Azimi Daim for stating that "the Malays are the masters of this land" and requested that he apologises and retracts his remark within three days.

Dapsy national secretary Loke Siew Fook said Azimi's statement published in the latest issue of youth magazine Siasah was "most insensitive, racist, feudalistic and downright outrageous".

"By saying that the Malays are the masters of this land, is he trying to say that the non-Malays are the servants and slaves in the country? This is the most racist statement I have ever heard by a Malaysian politician," Loke said in a statement yesterday.

Azimi's remarks were published in Siasah following an interview with the magazine o­n the recent police raid o­n o­nline daily malaysiakini. Among other things, he touched o­n the issue of press freedom, saying that it must be exercised ethically by taking into consideration social sensitivities in the country.