Utusan Malaysia ’s front page headline today ‘Apa lagi Cina mahu? ’ (What else do the Chinese want?) has stoked disapproval from many people, including Umno supreme council member Saifuddin Abdullah.

NONE Saifuddin, who lost  the contest for the Temerloh parliamentary seat on Sunday, tweeted: “I do not agree with the title, we must be smart in evaluating the 13th general election.

“I lost but I do not fault anybody.”

Netizens, including other Malays, are taking to Twitter to voice their disapproval of the front page headline.

The Umno-owned daily, in the article written by editor Zulkiflee Bakar, says the Chinese were caught in DAP’s racial politics and failed to overthrow the BN government that is led by Malays.

The report also says that while DAP won many seats, it was not satisfied as the party wanted to hold illegal protests.

It also says the opposition would hold a ‘Silent Walk’ protest at MidValley in Kuala Lumpur, Sunway Carnival Prai and Queensbay in Penang.

The daily also claimed to have received many text messages asking “what else do the Chinese want?”.

Zulkiflee wrote that despite the united efforts of the Chinese nationwide to put in the "chauvinist" DAP and its partner PKR, it was not enough to topple the BN government.

Utusan also said that in the social media such as Facebook and Twitter , some irresponsible youths also put up an image of the national flag 'Jalur Gemilang' upside down.

ali rustam The paper quoted former Malacca chief minister Mohd Ali Rustam ( left ), as saying he was unhappy with the Chinese who did not vote for meritocracy.

“They say Malays are racists but it is they who are racist. The Chinese do not do not appreciate what we have done as they come late to my house to seek help and this is what I get in return.

“Am I that bad, for Malacca performed as the best state in Malaysia, with the lowest unemployment?

“The Chinese are as prosperous as the Malays, they have bog houses and good basic infrastructure and when they are rich, they despise us,” Mohd Ali, who lost his bid for the Bukit Katil parliamentary seat, is quoted as saying.

Malays worried about the front page

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in his press conference early yesterday morning, after BN a retained a simple majority, blamed the poor performance of the BN on a Chinese tsunami and said such a trend would be unhealthy for the country.

Many leaders, including DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, said Najib was wrong to say this, because it was a Malaysian tsunami .

Several Malays in their tweet also expressed disgust with the front page Utusan report, with one saying he works with a Chinese company.

Another remarked that because of the Umno daily's front page headline, he is afraid to attend college today as most in his class are Chinese.

Many Malays, as well, have urged the suspension of the newspaper for carrying such a provocative headline, and they also want Najib and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin to take action on the daily.

There have also been many others, Malays, Chinese and Indians, calling for a boycott of the paper.

Some also tweeted that Pakatan Rakyat received 51 percent of the popular votes in Sunday's election, so how could this be attributed solely to the Chinese?

Between 10.30am and noon there were already 1,000 tweets condemning the Utusan front page report, and Netizens have created a hashtag #Apalagicinamahu.

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