The Alternative Front, which consists of the four opposition parties, on Monday issued a joint-statement about the clashes. All the four politicians signed the statement, which raised the question on the number of deaths. Based on reliable family and hospital sources, we fear that the actual number of deaths is greater than the official figure announced by the police. According to police, six people died in the clashes between ethnic Indian and Malays on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. However, several unnamed independent sources told the media around a dozen people were killed.
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If charged and convicted, Wan Azizah, Nasharuddin and Kerk could be expelled from parliament. Syed Husin is not a lawmaker. Mahathir accuses Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accused his political opponents of trying to use last week's violent clashes between Malays and Indians to whip up anti-government sentiment. He also said, according to Bernama news agency, some unknown groups were spreading rumors that hundreds of the country's majority Malays had been killed, and similar stories could be spread among Indians too, in a plot to spark more race riots. We know if such riots are allowed to continue, as is the case in another country, there is a possibility the government can be toppled . . .