BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents looks at the divide among races in Malaysia and speaks to the new generation of Malaysians pushing for more equality after decades of a system of racial preferences.
Reporter Mukul Devichand spoke to Anwar Ibrahim, who has nominated himself for the tricky mission of delivering racial equality in a society where the majority Muslim Malay community have grown used to having a more privileged hand.
The 61-year old has had several political lives already: Muslim student leader, then number two in the pro-Malay government, then jailed on a sodomy charge which he insists was fabricated.
That charge still dogs his new career as leader of the political opposition.
Return to the main story: Malaysia's visions of a more equal future
Listen to this edition of Crossing Continents on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday, 8 Janurary, 2008 at 1102 GMT. It will be repeated on Monday, 12 January, 2009 at 2030 GMT.
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