Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has slammed both the Bersih 4 rally and the Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu that followed.

In his speech however, he appears to suggest that the Bersih rally on Aug 29 and 30 was the worse of the two.

“We have the ‘yellow shirt’ demonstration…and we have also the ‘red shirt’ demonstration.

“What we need to stress is that if (you) want to hold a demonstration, do it peacefully.

“We allow for peaceful assemblies. Don’t bring racist banners, don’t say anything that is seditious, don’t hurt the feelings of others, and especially, don’t insult the national leaders,” he said when officiating the MCA annual general meeting this morning.

Najib, who is also the BN chairperson, thanked MCA for condemning the acts of some Bersih protestors who had ‘insulted’ national leaders, by saying that the acts are against Chinese culture.

“This is what we should rely on. We may have our differences - it is only natural - but within BN, we have a process on how to harmonise our differences within BN,” he said.

Najib was apparently referring to an incident during the Bersih 4 rally, where apparently Chinese Malaysian protestors stomped on photos of Najib and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

The incident was played up with a racial twist during the Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu, which among other causes was held as a counter-protest to Bersih 4.

MCA had been vocal in condemning the Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu, but following a BN supreme council meeting, Najib said the component parties had ‘agreed to disagree’ about the rally.

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