Maszlee Malik said many non-Malays were well-off and could afford to send their children to private schools.

Adding that non-Malays formed the majority in private and foreign universities in Malaysia.

But in fact, there are a lot of non bumi student are poor too. Non bumi enter private university not because all of them are rich, but because they have less chances to enter public universities.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/05/17/dont-blame-matriculation-quota-when-job-market-still-unfair-to-bumis-says-maszlee/