No official request to declassify May 13 report, says Home Minister
Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today said that the government has not received any formal requests to declassify official documents on the May 13, 1969 riots — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
“What is important is to learn from the past and make sure Malaysia will not face the same problem in the future,” he said during a press conference in Putrajaya. Yesterday, Human rights watchdog Suara Rakyat Malaysia director and author Kua Kia Soong urged the PH government to declassify the secrets of May 13 racial riots.
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