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Pusat KOMAS commends the swift action of the Southern Klang police department in detaining four individuals that were suspected to be involved in physically and verbally abusing two bodyguards on 14 April 2021. Additionally, KOMAS echoes the South Klang Police Department’s reminder that members of the public or any affiliated individuals should not sensationalize this issue as a racial issue in the social media. We believe that this incident should not have happened in a pluralistic society...

Responding to the opinion piece by Azril Mohd Amin, the founder of Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy (CENTHRA) – “How to not deepen divisions, spread misunderstanding” published in New Straits Times on April 2 2021, Pusat KOMAS welcomes CENTHRA’s optimism and interpretation of the findings reported in the “Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report 2020” that racism and discrimination, while existent, are not serious or widespread in Malaysia. At Pusat KOMAS we are ever hopeful that...