Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu leader Datuk Jamal Md Yunos said the government must warn ‘Chinese with DAP ideologies’ not to insult Malay leaders and Islam. — File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Putrajaya must issue a warning to “Chinese with DAP ideologies” not to insult Malay leaders and to respect Islam as religion of the federation, said the Coalition of Malay NGOs as part of eight demands it will submit during a public rally tomorrow.

Other demands included in its manifesto are for Putrajaya to take action against traitors of the country who try to dispute the government’s credibility and to re-enact the Internal Security Act (ISA).

“I don’t know if this is the same as the manifesto of the ‘Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu’ organisers, but this is what the 250 Malay NGOs who support this demonstration have discussed and agreed to stand for,” Datuk Jamal Md Yunos who heads the group said today.

The manifesto will also demand for the government to ensure that no more illegal assemblies like Bersih 4 take place.

Jamal later clarified his group was only participating in the “Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu” (United People’s Rally) organised by the Pesaka Malay martial arts group.

He added, however, that his group’s movement was called “Himpunan Maruah Melayu” (Malay Dignity Rally), after Pesaka previously disavowed the name.

“But to me, the name is not important. And the main title is up to the organisers. But we are 250 Malay NGOs here to show our support,” he told reporters when asked about the confusion over the rally names.

“Our march is to show the solidarity among Malays, who have all this while been ridiculed and been made fun of by our friends who are also Malaysian in nationality, which are the DAP Chinese, to the point where we cannot take it anymore as we are squeezed and our leaders are blamed and insulted,” he said.

Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu is organised by Malay martial arts organisation Pesaka, led by former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam and is set to be a 12-hour demonstration.

The rally initially called on Malays to unite and counter the purportedly Chinese-dominated Bersih 4 rally on August 29 and 30, but has since been promoted as a gathering of the people without taking into account their racial background.

Mohd Ali has also disavowed the use of red T-shirts by attendees, in a bid to distance his organisation from the “Red Shirt” group that previously caused concern over its racially-tinged warnings.

Kuala Lumpur City Hall yesterday approved the use of Padang Merbok as the venue for the rally, following which, the Home Ministry had declared the demonstration legal and the police announcing that it would facilitate the event.