Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) believes that it is “improper” to label Malays as ‘pendatang’ (immigrants) as they are actually ‘perantau’ (travellers) who ended up in Malaysia.

As such, Isma vice-president Muhammad Fauzi Asmuni said, Gerakan delegate Tan Lai Soon’s claim that Malays are also ‘pendatang’ goes against “all facts of history”.