South Africa 's application was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the leaders of African states under black majority rule , as well as Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru , Malaya 's Tunku Abdul Rahman , and the other non-white Commonwealth countries as well as Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker due to South Africa 's policy of apartheid .

Malaysia 's Prime Minister Tunku had initially rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act Lee Kuan Yew 's proposal for a merger Cause_to_amalgamate due to the fear of communist insurgency in Singapore and the large number of ethnic Chinese in Singapore which might outnumber the Malay population in Malaysia .

However , Tunku changed Change his mind to call Name_conferral for the merger Cause_to_amalgamate with Singapore , when the Pro-communist Singaporean leader Ong Eng Guan had won a seat for the PAP in one of the by-elections .

Malaya 's prime minister , Tunku Abdul Rahman and his government vigorously opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the apartheid policies of South Africa and , with the support Supporting of Pakistan , India and Ghana , demanded Request that the issue be addressed Resolve_problem by the Commonwealth .