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Najib Cancels Controversial Rally

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May 14, 2010
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak stepped and cancelled a controversial Malay rights rally scheduled in the eastern state of Terengganu on the 41st anniversary of the worst racial riots in the country's history.

Some 10,000 people representing 45 Malay-rights groups had been expected to attend the rally, called Melayu Bangkit (Malays Uprising), in…

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