MCA protest against Japanese textbook<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ethnic Chinese community Sunday
\nlaunched a signature campaign in a protest over a controversial
\nJapanese history textbook accused of glossing over the nation's
\nwartime record.<\/p>\n
The four-day campaign, organized by several Chinese non-
\ngovernment organizations, also aims to underline opposition to
\nJapanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's proposed visit to a
\nTokyo war shrine.<\/p>\n
Ong Ka Ting, a vice-president of the ruling Malaysian Chinese
\nAssociation (MCA), said his \"blood boiled\" when he read the
\nJapanese book.<\/p>\n
\"The history book is misleading, we cannot accept that.
\nhistory cannot be changed or whitewashed. You have come here and
\nkilled so many, wounded so many,\" he told reporters after
\nlaunching the campaign.<\/p>\n
Ong, who is also housing and local government minister, said
\nthe book claimed that Japanese occupation had helped Malaysia and
\nother countries achieve independence from the British.<\/p>",
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