Muhyiddin: No request to declassify May 13 report


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 14 May 2019

PUTRAJAYA: No request has been made to the Federal Government to declassify the official report on the May 13, 1969 racial riots, says Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.He said the calls to declassify the report were only the personal views of certain people, adding that the government preferred not to dwell on the past.

“We have not received any request to that effect, it is just the views of some people. But that (May 13 incident) is in the past. The government prefers to look at the present and future.

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