"I think the decision was made before the prime minister left, " says Zakaria Ahmad, dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at the National University of Malaysia.

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Ramasamy of the National University of Malaysia.

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Ramasamy, a professor at the Malaysian National University, Indians have little prospect of advancement, since Malaysia's Chinese minority dominates business, and Malays control the bureaucracy.

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