Dr M: Give rakyat poor education to stay popular

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Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has lamented that the country's populist policies in education have created a widening racial and wealth gap among schoolchildren.

"It seems that poor parents must accept poor education for their children, so that politicians can be popular," Mahathir said in a blog posting today.

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