Cops haul off two journalists who asked protesters, ‘What’s an example of a Malay being insulted?’

KUALA LUMPUR - Police removed two ethnic Chinese journalists from a pro-Malay rally site in the city today as tempers flared over a question posed to the protesters.

The reporter and the cameraman, believed to be from private broadcaster Astro’s Chinese-language AEC channel, had asked the Malay demonstrator at the scene in Bahasa Malaysia: “Apa contoh Melayu dihina?”

[Translation: “What’s an example of a Malay being insulted?”]

The question appeared to irk the crowd who then told the reporting crew to leave.