<P> May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969 is a book published in 2007 and written by activist and scholar Dr. Kua Kia Soong on the 13 May Incident of 1969 . It was published by the human rights group Suaram on the 38th anniversary of the worst racial riot in Malaysian history, which took place mostly in Kuala Lumpur . The official death toll was 196, but independent reporters and other observers estimated up to ten times as many people had died . Three quarters of the casualties were Chinese Malaysians, and 6000 of them were left homeless after fires . As the title suggests, the book is based on declassified documents, which have become available at the Public Record Office at London . </P> <P> The book challenges the Malaysian government's official position on the cause of the 13 May Incident . At the time, the government stated the cause was opposition parties' creating tensions after the 1969 elections . In contrast, Kua stated that the "ascendent state capitalist class" in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the party in power, had intentionally started the riot as a coup d'etat to topple the Tunku, traditional Malay Rulers, from power . </P> <P> Due to the book's charges, numerous politicians called for it to be banned . The Internal Security Ministry seized 10 copies from a major bookstore in Kuala Lumpur several days after the release of the book . Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi later indicated that the government did not plan to ban the book . </P>

Declassified documents on the malaysian riots of 1969