He later repeated the charge, with a swipe at the Malays themselves for being overly fatalistic, in his book The Malay Dilemma.

CNN: Mahathir Mohamad

The pundits waited for a response from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose 1970 book The Malay Dilemma tackled the economic marginalization of Malays.

CNN: The New Malay Dilemma

Abdullah, who has called his ideas the new Malay dilemma, continued to complain that the favored bumiputra businessmen were crowding out their smaller counterparts.

CNN: The New Malay Dilemma