A senior opposition leader today cautioned Malays in Malaysia against falling for rhetorics that without an Umno-led government in power, they may one day end up like their Singaporean brethren.

Speaking at the Wanita Amanah second annual convention, Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub pointed out that Malays in Singapore today are able to survive without much assistance from their government.

"The racial rhetorics played up in our country, particularly through government propaganda, they say 'what will happen tomorrow if the government were to change? Malays here will end up like Malays in Singapore.'...