Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin has distanced himself from his past remarks about being Malay first, Malaysian second, in an effort to boost Perikatan Nasional's non-Malay appeal.

Speaking at the Indian Unity Festival at the Midlands Convention Centre in Shah Alam today, the former prime minister said the coalition will care for all Malaysians.

"I am a Malay Malaysian. But my thinking has never been to...