All parties must step in to tell the true facts


Malayan police on patrol when fighting against communists. Picture courtesy of National Archive.

I REFER to Ismail Mina Ahmad’s (chairman of Gerakan Pembela Ummah) reported comments about Malaysian history recently. He apparently said that “only the Malays resisted British colonists, Japanese occupiers and the communists”.

His comments are grossly inaccurate, racist, irresponsible and seditious in nature.

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