FT Umno Youth chief says Malays must demand back their rights from the “communist” Chinese who have for too long rejected the Malays, Bumiputera and Islam.
It is time for the Malays and Bumiputera in the country to demand the Chinese give them back their rights by holding a rally much like Bersih 4 that was dominated by the Chinese, said Federal Territories Umno Youth Chief Mohd Razlan Rafii.
In a report on Malaysiakini, Razlan claimed that 90 per cent of Bersih 4 rally goers were made up of Chinese members of the community, who he said were more inclined towards upholding communist ideology.
He also said the Chinese had openly shown a disdain for the Malays, Bumiputera and Islam.
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“We realise the relationship between races is eroding recently because of the attitude of the Chinese, who are communistic in their ideology, and have openly rejected Malays, Bumiputera and Islam openly on social media using their language.”
He said this extreme attitude was the reason why so many of them boldly took to demonstrating on the streets and demanding for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak and the fall of the government.
“If that is what they want, then perhaps it is time for Malays and Bumiputera to hit the streets to demand back their rights on this soil,” the news portal quoted him as saying in a statement last night.
However Parti Amanah Rakyat deputy president Salahuddin Ayub, who himself attended the weekend rally, refuted the claims of certain Umno leaders who he said were criticising the rally from a racial perspective.
“It is untrue that Bersih 4 is trying to ignite racial issues similar to the backdrop of the May 13 tragedy.
“For me, this accusation made by leaders is ill-intentioned and racist.”
Yesterday MP for Kinabatangan Bung Moktar Radin took to Twitter comparing the broom brandished about during the Bersih 4 rally to the broom used in the same manner just days before the bloody race riots of May 13, 1969 erupted.
Bung explained that the broom then was used as a symbolic way of saying that the Chinese was ready to sweep away the Malays from the country.
Bersih 2.0 chair Maria Chin Abdullah however slammed Bung’s interpretation of the broom during the rally on August 29 and 30, explaining that it was merely to symbolise the sweeping away or cleaning up of corruption in the government.
