Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has come under a lot of heat over his "Bugis pirate" comment against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

However, Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan president Mohd Arshad Raji questioned why there was no similar outrage when a government minister questioned Mahathir's Indian heritage.

"Why when a senior Umno minister made innuendos about Mahathir's Indian heritage, was there no demands for the senior Umno minister to be prosecuted?

"Mahathir had responded with calmness and asked for the senior Umno minister to show his old identification card to prove his Indian heritage.

"To date, there has been no proof produced by the senior Umno minister. Is that not a lie?" he said in a statement today...