The Ethnic Riots of July 1964
The situation at that period of time had already been very poor, and
there were many different contributing factors that led to the build
up and explosion of the ethnic riots. Till this day, there are still
many disputes to the cause of the ethnic riots in 1964 and thus it is
not necessarily true that UMNO was responsible for the outbreak of
ethnic riots in 1964. However, this is an issue that may never be
completely settled as it is extremely controversial. The Federal
Government of Malaysia, dominated UMNO feared that as long as
Singapore remained in the Federation, the policy of positive racial
discrimination to the Malays would be undermined and therefore not in
the interest of their pro-Malay agenda. Furthermore, we know that UMNO
was using the Utasan Melayu to create tension and stir up trouble
against the Singapore government. Thus, there is also evidence to
challenge the statement that UMNO was not responsible for the ethnic
riots.
Some sources claim that it was a build up of factors such as the
circumstances during that period of time as well as the tension and
conflicts which already existed that contributed the outbreak of the
ethnic riots in 1964.
Source A accounts for the ethnic riots by explaining that it was
merely an outcome of unfortunate circumstances whereby “the outbreak
of violence was presumably spontaneous in origin, caused by someone
throwing a bottle into the procession celebrating the Prophet’s
birthday. The purpose of this article, which was recently written by a
historian, was a mere account of the 1964 ethnic riots written with
seemingly no ulterior motives. It see...
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...e subjective perceptions and
interpretations of what were complex and complicated events which
situations cannot be proven, then and now. Even if the riots were
planned, an UMNO supporter could still argue that the root cause of
the riots was not the planning but essentially the feelings of
resentments amongst the Malay community in Singapore and the conflicts
between the two parties that already existed which was the first and
most prevailing trigger of the ethnic riots. Thus, I would say that a
satisfactory explanation of whom or what was responsible would then
have to allow for all these different perceptions of the evidence.
Thus I feel that it is impossible to factually claim that UMNO was or
was not responsible for the ethnic riots as everyone would have their
different perspectives and opinions on the situation.
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