A DAP lawmaker has cautioned that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s call for Malaysians to reject hatred and slander will ring hollow unless the government acts more firmly, swiftly, and consistently against extremist narratives as well as racial and religious provocations.

Asserting that he is voicing the criticism of the government’s “greatest weakness” as felt by “many Malaysians”, Klang MP V Ganabatirau highlighted a negative perception...