Human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has slammed Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal for urging the government to amend the Federal Constitution to restrict the prime minister position to Malay Muslims.

LFL director Zaid Malek did not mince his words when he said that it was “unthinkable and outrageous” that a sitting parliamentarian suggests introducing “something akin to apartheid” by attempting to legalise racism into the highest law of the country.

“Let’s not split hairs, this proposal...