Dr M: Tunku being slammed to hurt Umno

Tunku Abdul Rahman declares autonomy for Malaya, at a Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur upon Aug 31, 1957.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 12 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed currently pronounced a countrys founding father Tunku Abdul Rahman was being demonised by politicians in their try to discredit Umnos purpose in a countrys quarrel for independence.

The countrys longest-serving budding minister pronounced a Tunku was being done a whipping child in attempts to alter a countrys history, with efforts to downplay his purpose as well as which of alternative Umno leaders who helped secure a countrys independence.

Tunkus quarrel was for all people... there is a difference in between a dual struggles, Dr Mahathir pronounced today.

These leaders demonise Umno leaders... so which Umno cannot be unapproachable of a struggles, Dr Mahathir pronounced currently during a taped interview event upon RTM.

Conceding which it was loyal communists afterwards had fought against a British, Dr Mahathir pronounced a Communist Party was usually endangered usually about their own benefit as well as not for a rest of Malaya.

They (communists) longed for to giveaway a country from a British, but for them it was so they could take over a country instead.

Do not worship communists similar to Chin Peng... but basing things upon a truth, pronounced Dr Mahathir.

The stream furore over Malaysias story initial proposed when Utusan Malaysia purported final month which PAS deputy boss Mohamad Sabu had pronounced which those who pounded a Bukit Kepong troops hire during a pre-Merdeka insurgency were leisure fighters.

During a Emergency (1948-1960), comrade insurgents had pounded a Bukit Kepong troops hire upon February 23, 1950, killing 25, while a country was still under British rule.

The Malay daily also stated which a PAS personality pronounced a Tunku, a countrys initial budding minister, as well ! as Umnos initial boss Datuk Onn Jaafar were not leisure fighters.

Professor Datuk Dr Zainal Kling, representing a National Professors Council, had fuelled a debate by saying not long ago which Malaysia was never a British colony.

Dr Mahathir had yesterday urged a supervision to ensure which chronological correctness be since priority over political expedience as there were attempts to alter chronological contribution in to fantasy.

He pronounced currently which as he had lived by British, Japanese as well as Thai order as well as afterwards British troops as well as civilian administration as well as afterwards a formation of Malaysia, he found which assorted parties were creation non-factual statements as well as inventing history.