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Lim Kit Siang, who during the last week proposed for a Royal Commission of Truth and Reconciliation following the Low Yat Plaza fiasco, not only reiterated his proposal in response to Utusan Malaysia's warning that the incident was a "ticking bomb waiting to explode", he added that the lingering threat was not just limited to the vicinity of the tech mall that was the scene of a bloody riot
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In a statement posted on his website, the Gelang Patah MP said:
Repeating his call for "Royal Commission of Truth and Reconciliation on the Low Yat Race Riots", he said there is an urgent need for such a commission to be set up to ensure such incidents do not recur
Speaking on the terms of reference to be included, he said:
Lim proposed that former International Trade and Industry minister Rafidah Aziz be the chairman of the commission, which can come up with a blueprint to prevent any recurrence of such incidents
The Gelang Patah MP also suggested other names who can sit in the commission including Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, former Cabinet minister Rais Yatim, former Attorney-General Abu Talib Othman, former top civil servant Ramon Navaratnam, NGO leader Ambiga Sreenivasan, national laureate Samad Said and Bishop Paul Tan.
Earlier on Sunday's Mingguan Malaysia, Utusan's editors, writing under the collective pseudonym Awang Selamat, insisted that the Low Yat riots were not caused by the alleged theft of an handphone as claimed by the police, but was rooted in discontent against what they alleged to be corruption, gang activity and counterfeiting
The scene outside the Low Yat Plaza last Sunday when around 200 people gathered to protest the alleged cheating by Chinese traders at the popular digital mall.
Image via The Malaysian Insider
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