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        "msgid": "malaysia-marks-1969-race-riots-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-05-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Malaysia marks 1969 race riots",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Malaysia marks 1969 race riots KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia marked the 30th anniversary of the country's worst racial riots on Thursday, and the opposition charged the government was using fears of a recurrence of violence to keep its stranglehold on power. Malays and Chinese clashed on May 13, 1969 after the opposition, led largely by Chinese, won many seats in elections dominated by ethnic issues and which weakened the predominantly Malay government.",
        "content": "<p>Malaysia marks 1969 race riots<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia marked the 30th anniversary<br>\nof the country's worst racial riots on Thursday, and the<br>\nopposition charged the government was using fears of a recurrence<br>\nof violence to keep its stranglehold on power.<\/p>\n<p>Malays and Chinese clashed on May 13, 1969 after the<br>\nopposition, led largely by Chinese, won many seats in elections<br>\ndominated by ethnic issues and which weakened the predominantly<br>\nMalay government.<\/p>\n<p>Malays form the majority of Malaysia's population and Chinese<br>\nare the second largest ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p>The riots were exacerbated by perceived economic disparities<br>\nbetween the Chinese, many of whom are traders and considered<br>\nrelatively wealthy, and native Malays, most of whom are farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said about 200 people were killed in the clashes,<br>\nbut unofficial estimates ran as high as 1,000. A state of<br>\nemergency was imposed to restore order and was only lifted in the<br>\nearly 1970s.<\/p>",
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