Though Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said the red shirts had done very well to gather peacefully and made no provocation in their recent rally, MCA president Liow Tiong Lai strongly disagrees.

"MCA disagrees with statements that the September 16 rally was peaceful and that the participants abided by the laws of the country," Liow said in a media statement at the MCA briefing today. However, he did not specify whose statements he was referring to.

"There were clear incidents of violence as rally goers challenged law enforcement authorities and uttered seditious statements that displayed a clear disregard for the law," he declared.

Liow ( photo ) added that whenever there were racial problems, the Chinese were easy targets, and he wanted this situation to stop.

At the same time, he also slammed the Bersih 4 rally for "undesirable elements" such as the stomping on pictures and paying homage to effigies.

"These are not part of Malaysian culture, and are violations of cultural taboos," he asserted.

For this reason, the MCA president urged Najib to "stop all further rallies".

"They are threatening to tear the fabric of our nation apart. All mass rallies must be stopped."

Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider were barred from entering the press conference today at the MCA headquarters.

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