| What happened at the talk The talk went ahead. But the police have decided to stop the sales of this book. I had a feeling that something like this would happen. Anyway, some of what was said at the talk is recorded here http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/index.php?itemid=4634 |
We live in interesting times over here.
There's some breaking news from some supposedly declassified documents that show that our infamous May 13, 1969 race riots were not the spontaneous clash between the Malays and the Chinese, but rather a deliberate plot to oust our first Prime Minister, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, formalize Malay dominance, and sideline the Chinese. According to this report, both the UK and the US knew what was really going on here
The above is supposedly written in a new book on the matter. It scheduled to be launched this coming Sunday, May 13, 2007...exactly 38 years after the
1969 race riots. I won't be surprised if this book launch and talk, will be stopped by our police. Even if it isn't stopped, there is every likelyhood that there will be a large police presence there.
You can read more on this breaking news here;
- http://ditesh.gathani.org/blog/2007/05/11/79/
- http://www.suaram.net/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=36&extmode=view&extid=10
- http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/67096
- http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/67098
Incidentally, for years following these riots, people would typically stock up food, and stay at home, on the anniversary of the May 13 riots