Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran has apologised for the 'pendatang' (immigrants) comment made during a speech in Nilai last week and has withdrawn the remark.<br /><br />After a video excerpt of his speech at the Tamil-speaking event appeared online, Utusan Malaysia quoted him as saying that Malays were "pendatang" and that Hindus were the original people of Malaya.<br /><br />However, Kulasegaran later responded by saying that his speech was intentionally taken out of context to stir racial tensions, and that he never made remarks about the Malay community.<br /><br />In his statement today, he further clarified that words often take on different meanings in different languages.
