Malaysia : Red shirt Malays says "cina gila babi" not racial slur woh!

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Derogatory remark not a racist slur since Chinese eat pork, says ‘red shirt’ leader



KUALA LUMPUR — A spokesman for the “red shirt” rally has downplayed the “cina gila babi (crazy Chinese pig)” insult hurled at a reporter yesterday (Sept 16), saying that the Chinese should feel no slight in the remark since they consume pork.

UMNO leader Jamal Md Yunos further argued that the remark was only insulting to the Malays, as Muslims were forbidden from eating pork.

“Don’t make that an issue, for Malays the word pig is sensitive. But for the Chinese what is the problem? It is their food,” Mr Jamal told a news conference here.

Mr Jamal heads the so-called Coalition of Malay NGOs responsible for the “red shirt” aspect of the rally as well as its alternate “Himpunan Maruah Melayu (Malay Dignity Rally)” name.

Yesterday’s protest was marred by sporadic outbreaks of racism, with one attendee recorded calling a reporter “crazy Chinese pig”, among other insults.

Late into the rally police said were attended by as many as 50,000 people, Federal Reserve Unit officers used water cannons on protesters trying to force their way past a security cordon at Petaling Street.

Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday criticised unruliness at the rally, saying that police should investigate the incident that marred an otherwise uneventful protest.

Political parties today lodged various reports over incidents at the rally, demanding police probe attendees for sedition over banners containing racial remarks as well as calls for the abolition of Chinese vernacular schools. MALAY MAIL ONLINE


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