Bumiputera rights protected in ART agreement – Tengku Zafrul KUALA LUMPUR: Bumiputera rights are one of the red lines that have always been protected throughout the Malaysia-United States (US) Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) negotiations, said Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He also stressed that the rights of Bumiputeras were not affected at all in the agreement. “Therefore, I want to challenge (the claimants) to present a specific clause that grants US companies Bumiputera status in the ART,” he told reporters after a briefing session at the Special Parliamentary Caucus Meeting on the Malaysia-US ART today. He said this in response to claims […]

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