The Malaysian Advancement Party (MAP) has reiterated its call for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to convene a special cabinet meeting amid what it described as “rising anti-Hindu sentiment” in Malaysia.

The renewed call follows reports of a food delivery rider’s religious slur against a teacher in Penang, which is the subject of a police investigation.

MAP chairperson P Waytha Moorthy said he had provided “well-justified and historically grounded demands” in his...