FT Umno Youth adamant on rally to counter 'Chinese' Bersih
Federal Territories Umno Youth chief Razlan Rafii is adamant on holding a Malay rally to counter the 'Chinese' Bersih 4 demonstration.
"If that is the measure by which to elect the government and if there is no other way for the authorities to curb Bersih (then yes)," he told Malaysiakini when asked if he would continue with the protest.
Federal Territories Umno Youth chief Razlan Rafii is adamant on holding a Malay rally to counter the 'Chinese' Bersih 4 demonstration.
"If that is the measure by which to elect the government and if there is no other way for the authorities to curb Bersih (then yes)," he told Malaysiakini when asked if he would continue with the protest.
However he denied Umno's involvement in a supposed rally to be held on Sept 16 which is currently viral on WhatsApp.
"Not to my knowledge. There is too much speculation. What is sure is the Malays who gave feedback want to demonstrate," he said.
He added that he has yet to speak to Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin about the rally.
Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar ( photo ) yesterday warned all parties not to turn Bersih into a racial issue, and to let police handle the rally.
Razlan however refuted the top cop's remarks.
"(Bersih) is a racial issue. Ninety percent of those who participated were Chinese, and they played up racial sentiments among themselves.
"Facebook, Twitter and blog posts in Chinese played up racial issues to get the Chinese to take to the streets," he said.
Razlan said police must thus monitor Chinese social media more diligently and crackdown on the "Chinese racist agenda".
He also said there should be laws to stop "government traitors" such as Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah, from toppling the government.
At its peak, over 100,000 and 80,000 turned up respectively for the two-day Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend.
While the first day's turnout was dominated by Chinese, it is estimated around 40 percent of the protestors on the second day were Malays.
Razlan had previously led an angry mob to protest outside the DAP headquarters last year, during which signage was damaged.
Khairy later had to privately apologise to DAP over the incident.
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