MAD DOG OR LOW IQ: 'CHINESE PIG' IS NOT RACIAL SLUR BECAUSE CHINESE EAT PORK

There is nothing wrong with the words “Cina babi” hurled at some members of the media at yesterday's 'red shirt' rally, said one of the organisers, Datuk Jamal Md Yunos, adding that the word “babi” was not a slur as Chinese consume pork.

Jamal, the Sungai Besar Umno division chief, said the word “babi” was not a sensitive word for the Chinese.

"For Malays to say 'babi' we are sensitive because 'babi' (pork) is forbidden but for the Chinese, it is their food, no problem," he told reporters in a press conference today.

He was answering questions from the media on the words used by rally goers against some non-Malay journalists at the gathering that was marred by incendiary remarks and racially-charged banners and placards. - TMI