On May 12, Malaysiakini had posted a report on a speech by former Courts of Appeals judge Mohd Noor Abdullah at a forum themed ‘GE13 post-mortem: Muslim leadership and survival’.

In this, he had warned Chinese Malaysians of a backlash from Malays for attempting to seize political power during the 13th general election concluded on May 5.

The first of a two-part translation follows of the main points he made, based on an audio recording of his speech.