Red Shirt march in KL generally peaceful
Only blemish was attempt by a section of demonstrators to enter Chinatown
Kuala Lumpur
RACIAL tensions were briefly raised on Wednesday after a march by tens of thousands of Malays to assert their dominance and their support of Prime Minister Najib Razak turned nasty when a section of the demonstrators demanded to enter Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown but were thwarted by the riot police who used chemical-laced water to disperse the crowd.
The ruckus - about one kilometre from where the main event was being held at a field - and overt racial taunting of the Chinese by more right-wing elements marred what was otherwise a relatively peaceful march of Malays, many of whom were bussed in from other states and reportedly from Umno branches.
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