.:INDEPENDENCE DAY EDITION:ETHNIC CRISIS- MAY 13 TRAGEDY.:

In 1969, for the first and up till now the only time the coalition lost its overall two-thirds majority. Communal tensions resulted in the racial riots in Kuala Lumpur on 13 May 1969. The incident lead to the establishment of an emergency government, that is the National Operations Council. Tun Razak was appointed the Director of Operations under the Proclamation of Emergency for 22 months until Emergency was lifted and Parliament resumed on 22 September 1970. Since then the broad aim of the administration has been the fulfilment of the New Economic Policy which is designed to eradicate poverty regardless of race, and to eliminate the identification of occupation with race.

According to police figures, 196 people died and 149 were wounded. 753 cases of arson were logged and 211 vehicles were destroyed or severely damaged. An estimated 6,000 Kuala Lumpur residents 90% of them Chinese were made homeless.
Thanks to god ,now we are unite as MALAYSIAN.We should protect our country.
In the way to protect our country we should have a very good bonding between all ethnics in Malaysia.