Mca Don T Chinese Have A Right To Assemble

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MCA secretary-general Chong Sin Woon is crying racial discrimination after police obtained a court order to ban Dong Jiao Zong's planned conference regarding Jawi script lessons in vernacular schools
"The government can organise a Malay Dignity Congress, but Chinese groups can't organise a closed-door meeting
"Don't the Chinese have the right to assemble? Are the Chinese ministers on holiday now? They've all become quiet and do not dare to speak?" Chong (photo) posted on Facebook
The post was accompanied with a hashtag of a Chinese idiom which says that stopping the people's flow of thoughts will cause more harm than stopping the flow of a river and another hashtag about the "unstoppable fire" of Chinese education

According to the court order sighted by Malaysiakini, Kajang magistrate Syahrul Sazly Mohd Sain granted the restriction order in view that there would be a breach of the peace if the meeting was allowed to proceed
Dong Zong said it would respect the court order, and has called off tomorrow's event
Meanwhile, DAP central executive committee member Wong Kah Woh said the police had over-reacted by obtaining a court order
He said this should never have happened under the current Pakatan Harapan government
"Whether or not you agree with the position taken by Dong Zong, you need to respect the right to assembly. This right shall not be taken away
"The government will now be facing huge criticism due to the action by the police," he said
He added the government must send a clear message that freedom of assembly must be respected. - Mkini

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