KUCHING, March 29 2026: PBB information chief Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah explained that any efforts to redefine the term “Bumiputera” must comply with the provisions of Federal Constitution and the State Constitution.
He said there is a need to look at what the two constitutions say on who qualifies to be called “Bumiputera” before any proposal is adopted to extend the Bumiputera status to the third generation Sarawakians of Chinese descent.
“Any change to redefine the status must go through the appropriate legislative process,” Karim, who is also the Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, told reporters at his ministry’s Hari Raya open house at a hotel here.
He said he believes that many in Sarawak are not aware that if the husband or wife is a Bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak, their children can immediately buy land with indigenous status.
"That's good enough, there's no need to give them Bumiputera status. Sometimes I feel like proposals like this are just rhetoric, maybe because the state election is approaching," he said.
He said he is not surprised with Julau MP Larry Sng’s recent suggestion for the third generation Sarawakian of Chinese descent be granted the Bumiputera status, saying that Larry was playing politics.
In his Tuak Talk podcast, Larry, who is also Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) president, suggested to the Sarawak government to consider granting the Bumiputera status to the third generation Sarawakians of Chinese descent.
Last year, Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen had also made similar suggestion.
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