Ameer Ali Mydin says the boycott campaign is 'naive and insensitive' but that poor Bumiputera companies need help to climb up the economic ladder. FMTNews
SUBANG JAYA: Retail tycoon Ameer Ali Mydin today panned the campaign to boycott products made by non-Muslims but nonetheless urged Malaysians to buy goods produced by poor Bumiputera companies in order to help them climb the economic ladder.
“In principle, Malaysia is a multiracial and multi-religious country, and such campaigns should never be held,” he said after an event here.Once they are able to do so, he said, it would help the entire country in terms of supply chain and manufacturing. If it was a toss-up between a Malaysian-made product manufactured by a rich Chinese company and one made by a poor Bumiputera company, he added, “we should support the Bumi product”.
The government recently spoke against the boycott, saying efforts to reject products made by non-Muslims are inappropriate and unreasonable.
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