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"Fighting over the last three days was triggered by a minor quarrel over a
Malay wedding party and an Indian funeral procession in the area."
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story
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KL fights rumours to contain gang clashes
Govt fears unsubstantiated rumours spreading in the capital will
add fuel to three days of Indian-Malay fighting, which has resulted
in five deaths
By Leslie Lau
IN KUALA LUMPUR
FOLLOWING three days of racially-charged clashes in a working-class
area near here, the authorities are fighting to contain unsubstantiated
rumours from spreading throughout the city.
Even though the fighting between Indian
and Malay gangs were confined largely
to a cluster of working-class
neighbourhoods in the Old Klang Road
area, rumours that violence had reached
other parts of the city have spread
quickly.
'My men are checking all sorts of
rumours when they could be better
deployed to improve the security
situation in the affected areas,' Deputy
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Jamil
Johari said.
Five people - three Indians, one Indonesian and one whose race is still not
known - have been killed since Thursday in sporadic fighting.
Racial overtones have emerged from the clashes and the authorities fear
that those from outside the affected neighbourhoods could get involved in
the fighting.
Thursday's clashes started from a quarrel that resulted from a car accident,
according to the authorities. Rumours of a gang clash spread quickly in the
area and rapidly escalated into a pitched battle between rival Indian and
Malay gangs.
Tension is especially high among Indians because three of those killed in
the clashes were from the community.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was quick to point out
that the fighting was not racial in nature, adding that police would take
action against rumour-mongers.
'It is not like what happened in Indonesia,' he said late on Saturday.
But while downplaying the incidents, the authorities here have also begun
searching for explanations into why the clashes occurred between Malays
and Indians.
Datuk Lee Lam Thye, a member of the National Unity Advisory Panel and
a former Member of Parliament, urged the government to investigate the
reason for the clashes.
'We cannot take inter-racial harmony in our multi-racial nation for granted,'
he said.
Fighting over the last three days was triggered by a minor quarrel over a
Malay wedding party and an Indian funeral procession in the area.
An Indian resident on his way to attend a relative's funeral was upset that a
Malay wedding party had blocked the road and the father of the bride was
assaulted subsequently.
Tension intensified over the next few days before fighting erupted on
Thursday.
But residents' frustrations with the authorities for not providing adequate
security in the neighbourhoods are believed to be also at the root of the
clashes.
Police say the affected area has a high crime rate in the country. The area
is also predominantly working-class and depressed despite being located
just a stone's throw away from more affluent neighbourhoods in Petaling
Jaya and Subang Jaya.
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu
said yesterday that he would accompany Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk
Mohamed Khir Toyo for a dialogue with Indian residents there on
Thursday.
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