DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has produced an eyewitness to rebut claims that he had urinated on a flag pole at the Selangor menteri besar’s house during the May 13, 1969 riots.
Ahmad Habib, 64, said the claim earlier made in a posting on the film Tanda Putera’s Facebook was, as far as he knew, from what he experienced at the time, untrue as he saw no Chinese around the MB’s house during the incident.
“At that time (of the May 13 incident) we were all asked by the police to gather at the menteri besar’s residence.
“And at the time of the incident, not a single Chinese was in the vicinity of the menteri besar’s residence,” said Ahmad at a DAP press conference today.
Ahmad, who comes from Penang, said he was a Mara Institut (ITM) student during the notorious racial riots of 1969.
The controversy started when the official Facebook promoting director Shuhaimi Baba’s film posted a photograph of Lim, with captions claiming that he had urinated on a flag pole at the MB’s residence.
Ahmad Habib, 64, said the claim earlier made in a posting on the film Tanda Putera’s Facebook was, as far as he knew, from what he experienced at the time, untrue as he saw no Chinese around the MB’s house during the incident.
“At that time (of the May 13 incident) we were all asked by the police to gather at the menteri besar’s residence.“And at the time of the incident, not a single Chinese was in the vicinity of the menteri besar’s residence,” said Ahmad at a DAP press conference today.
Ahmad, who comes from Penang, said he was a Mara Institut (ITM) student during the notorious racial riots of 1969.
The controversy started when the official Facebook promoting director Shuhaimi Baba’s film posted a photograph of Lim, with captions claiming that he had urinated on a flag pole at the MB’s residence.
The posting said that this was amongst the scenes “that truly took place” that will be included in Tanda Putera.
The posting was deleted after the comments caused an uproar.
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The posting was deleted after the comments caused an uproar.
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