Original sentence: It arose after passage of the National Language Act of 1967, but some Malays believed the Act had not gone far enough to establish [Malay language|Malay]] as the national language.Officially, the government reported that 196 people were killed between May 13 and July 31 as a result of the riots, although journalists and other observers have stated much higher figures.Racial tensions continued to simmer, with many Malays dissatisfied by what they considered the newly independent government's willingness to placate the Chinese Malayasians at their expense.Some private reports stated that more than 2,000 people, mostly Sino-Malays, were killed by rioters, police and Malaysian Army rangers, mainly in Kuala Lumpur.With the new nation came Malay passion for ketuanan Melayu — a Malay term for Malay supremacy or Malay dominance
Edited sentence: Officially, 196 people were killed between May 13 and July 31 as a result of the riots, although journalists and other observers have stated much higher figures.Racial tensions continued to simmer, with many Malays dissatisfied by their interpretation that the newly independent government's willingness to placate the Chinese Malayasians at their expense.Some reports stated that more than 2,000 people, mostly Sino-Malays, were killed by rioters, police and Malaysian Army rangers, mainly in Kuala Lumpur.There had been a recent outburst of Malay passion for ketuanan Melayu — a Malay term for Malay supremacy or Malay dominance — after the National Language Act of 1967, which in the opinion of some Malays, had not gone far enough in the act of enshrining Malay as the national language