Wow, didn't know this. I have a friend from Indonesia, who is of Chinese descent. They were forced to take Indonesian names and ditch their Chinese names.

To compare “Ketuanan Melayu” to apartheid is a bit of stretch, no?

Apartheid was implemented by the non-natives (i.e. white colonialists) towards the natives, while this is a different concept.

I don't know the veracity, but according to Wikipedia the British encouraged the system. So while the British may not have directly caused it they let it fester while they controlled Malaysia.

Regardless, when I look up the definition of apartheid it doesn't seem to require the non-natives being the ones to implement it.