Police have warned all parties not to turn the Bersih 4 rally into a racial issue.

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar also urged everyone to let the police investigate racist elements of the protest, and not take the law into their own hands.

"We are a multiracial country… this is a sensitive issue.

"I urge everyone to be patient, calm down and act rationally," Khalid said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

He was responding to plans by Federal Territories Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Rafii for Malays to counter the purportedly "Chinese" Bersih 4 rally last weekend with their own street demonstration.

Khalid has said some elements of Bersih 4, such as the stepping on photos of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, could spark racial tensions.

However when asked about Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin ( photo ) linking Bersih 4 to May 13, the top cop shifted his focus to the Bersih organisers.

'Come to their senses'

"Bersih has to explain why they let participants bring brooms. It is not like they were sweeping the streets," he said.

Bung yesterday posted a picture saying brooms would be used to sweep away the Malays .

"I hope everyone will come to their senses," he added.

Some 100,000 people had attended the two-day Bersih 4 protest rally at its peak.

Malay participants were noticeably absent during the first day of the rally but more turned up on the second day.

The lack of Malays has among others been blamed on PAS not mobilising their supporters for the rally.

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