How Did a Stolen Mobile Phone Trigger Racial Violence in Malaysia?
When two Malay men were arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, it triggered what some are calling a ‘riot’ in Kuala Lumpur, fuelled by a furore on social media.
When two men from the ethnic Malay majority were arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, it triggered what some are calling a ‘riot’ in Kuala Lumpur, fuelled by a furore on social media. Two journalists from the ethnic Chinese minority were beaten up, and a passing car with ethnically Chinese passengers was mobbed and smashed up. The primem minister took to Facebook in an attempt to calm the situation down.
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(Photo: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Credit: Getty Images)
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