Tun Mahathir as an Ultra Malay: Is it really true?

As an advocate of Asian values, Mahathir explains that the Malaysian perspective of 'Asian values' is based on Malay-Islamic culture and should be protected against absorption by Western values. He urges the three most basic elements of 'Malayness' - feudalism, Islam, and Adat (traditional customs) as he saw it in 1970 in his book, The Malay Dilemma, should all be classed as features to be merely accepted as realities and perhaps adapted to modern needs (Barr, 2002). Mahathir (Mahathir & Isihara, 1995) rejects the Western liberal notion of unfettered free speech which, he believes, can corrupt Malaysian culture and religious beliefs. (Azizudin Sani, 2010).

This excerpts helps us to understand Tun M's psyche of ISA and strong authorithy during his reign as PM. But then why was the same argument did not apply to his own families?

Before we proceed, please be mindful that we are not attacking Tun M personally. It is only argued in the matter of consistency in principles and values advocated to the Malaysian before.

How is Tun M going to defend these so called asian values and Islamic cultures of the Malays if his own daughter is the staunch supporter of western liberal movement i.e. SIS which promotes LGBT, religion and gender equality?

And have we seen his own grandchild who live the lives of rich western spoiled kids? One of them even pictured cuddling with two dogs on the bed! Isn't it that the kind of western values that Tun himself wholeheartedly fought to fend off during his time in power? Or it simply only applied to certain people especially to his political adversaries?

Recent revelations by Tun's own family have not only shown the true colors of his personal life, but also shaken the very foundations of Muslim-Malay rule and supremacy idea. While most Malays look up Tun M in the aspect of golden era of Malay politics and power, but clearly, Tun himself failed to cast ironclad rightist Malay ideology among his own family.