Former minister Rafidah Aziz has been accused of being a self-serving politician by Seputeh Umno division vice-chief Mohd Razlan Rafii, based on a column she wrote urging Malaysians to stop playing the “race supremacy” card.

In a statement last night, Razlan claimed that Rafidah had failed to advance the economic interests of the Malays when she helmed the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, but now sought an exit by saying that race is no longer relevant when her “failures” have become obvious...