"Who orchestrated the May 13 pogrom? From the reviews of the film, the Chinese are depicted as the aggressors, insensitive to the extent of urinating on a flag pole outside the residence of the then state menteri besar Harun Idris, hurting the feelings of Malays and thus triggering the May 13 race riots. The communists are also portrayed as having a hand in the troubles. I am surprised that in spite of my having produced references in my 2007 title, the director insists on putting the blame on the communists: “…as late as May 29 (the Tunku) was still voicing his conviction that communists had been behind the trouble… But on the same day, Tun Dr Ismail was admitting that he had been wrong to ascribe the riots to the communists, and during the New Zealand Defence Minister’s visit on May 30 and 31, the Tunku admitted that the earlier accusations had been incorrect. Three days later, Tan Sri Ghazali followed suit…” (Kua Kia Soong, May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian riots of 1969, 2007:51) This can be easily corroborated by checking up on all the official wires on the dates I have quoted, a standard practice of any respectable scholar." - Kua Kia Soong
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:45:12 +0000
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