Barry Wain in The Malaysian Maverick: "Looking back, political scientist John Funston found that the reason for the lack of Malay progress was that UMNO did not have control of the political system, despite what was almost universally believed."
"While UMNO fielded most candidates in elections and had a decisive majority of Cabinet slots, it was the Chinese partner, the MCA, that provided most of the Alliance funds and held the two key portfolios, Finance, and Commerce and Industry."
"And while it was true that power was concentrated in the hands of Tunku Abdul Rahman, he was no typical Malay and did not always represent their interests."
"In many ways, the Anglicized, mahjong playing, horse race-loving Tunku had more in common with the leaders of the Alliance partner parties than with the rank and file of UMNO," Barry Wain.
The context for the above tweets. The poor economic conditions of the Malays in the 1960s. It was mainly caused by the Capitalists, who were substantially made up of MCA-backing Chinese tycoons. 
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