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Pusat KOMAS contemplates and writes about the situation of race, ethnicity, interracial relations etc. in Malaysia.

No Place for Racializing Criminal Acts!

Jul 14, 2015

Pusat KOMAS condemns the attempts by certain irresponsible quarters to turn the recent case of theft and thuggery incident which took place at Low Yat Plaza into a racial issue. Pusat KOMAS would also like to express our strongest objection to the violence and nonsensical responses by the group of about 200 people who claimed to represent NGO's such as Persatuan Kebajikan Islam dan Dakwah Islamiah (Pekida), and also hurled derogatory and unsavoury remarks in front of Low Yat Plaza. We also...

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MEMORANDUM TO SUHAKAM: DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST LENA HENDRY, STAFF OF PUSAT KOMAS

Apr 29, 2014

Background On the evening of July 3, 2013, Pusat KOMAS, together with the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Civil Right Committee (KLSCAH CRC), organized a private screening of “No Fire Zone”, a documentary on the former war in Sri Lanka, directed by British Director Callum Macrae. The screening was organized at the request of Callum Macrae who was on a road show screening his documentary in various countries. Before arriving in Malaysia, he showed the film in Australia and after...

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