KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Putrajaya must issue a warning
to “Chinese with DAP ideologies” not to insult Malay leaders and to respect
Islam as religion of the federation, said the Coalition of Malay NGOs as part
of eight demands it will submit during a public rally tomorrow.
Other demands included in its manifesto are for
Putrajaya to take action against traitors of the country who try to dispute the
government’s credibility and to re-enact the Internal Security Act (ISA).
“I don’t know if this is the same as the manifesto of
the ‘Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu’ organisers, but this is what the 250 Malay NGOs
who support this demonstration have discussed and agreed to stand for,” Datuk
Jamal Md Yunos who heads the group said today.
The manifesto will also demand for the government to
ensure that no more illegal assemblies like Bersih 4 take place.
Jamal later clarified his group was only participating
in the “Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu” (United People’s Rally) organised by the
Pesaka Malay martial arts group.
He added, however, that his group’s movement was
called “Himpunan Maruah Melayu” (Malay Dignity Rally), after Pesaka previously
disavowed the name.
“But to me, the name is not important. And the main
title is up to the organisers. But we are 250 Malay NGOs here to show our
support,” he told reporters when asked about the confusion over the rally
names.
“Our march is to show the solidarity among Malays, who
have all this while been ridiculed and been made fun of by our friends who are
also Malaysian in nationality, which are the DAP Chinese, to the point where we
cannot take it anymore as we are squeezed and our leaders are blamed and
insulted,” he said.
Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu is organised by Malay martial
arts organisation Pesaka, led by former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Mohd Ali
Mohd Rustam and is set to be a 12-hour demonstration.
The rally initially called on Malays to unite and
counter the purportedly Chinese-dominated Bersih 4 rally on August 29 and 30,
but has since been promoted as a gathering of the people without taking into
account their racial background.
Mohd Ali has also disavowed the use of red T-shirts by
attendees, in a bid to distance his organisation from the “Red Shirt” group
that previously caused concern over its racially-tinged warnings.
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