21 Jul 1964 Jahr - ∵ Racial Riots 21 Jul 1964

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Utusan Melayu (Malay newspaper), mounted hate campaign against PAP & to sway SG Malays
UMNO SG Syed Jaafar Albar: provocative speech against PAP
-> 25k Muslims gathered at Padang to celebrate Prophet Muhammed's bday, procession towards Geylang, anti-Chinese leaflets distrib.: destroy "Chinese" PAP gvmt
-> Riots cont over next 21 days, injured: 460, dead: 21; Chinese took retaliatory action during

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