Anti-ICERD rally on Dec 8 to go on, but this time to celebrate


Participants of an anti-ICERD rally in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 4, 2018 - Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The organiser of a Dec 8 mass rally in Kuala Lumpur to protest the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) has claimed victory following the government's decision not to ratify it.

Aminuddin Yahaya, secretariat chief of the Malay-Muslim NGO Ummah, said the Dec 8 rally would continue as planned, but this time as a celebration.

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