Dr Mahathir Mohamad has defended his speech at the Malay Dignity Congress in Shah Alam over the weekend, which detractors claimed had denigrated the race.<br /><br />According to the prime minister, he spoke the truth about the Malays with the aim of correcting them.<br /><br />“I want to speak the truth. If I find someone is not willing to work, then the person is not interested (in working).<br /><br />“If we cannot reprimand people (for their errors), then how do we correct them? If someone does wrong, and if we praise them, that is also wrong.<br /><br />“I merely said it is the Malays themselves who can redeem their dignity,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby this afternoon.
