MIPP, Gerakan lead Tamil, Mandarin chants at rally
MIPP president P. Punithan led the chants when he delivered a speech on stage, and Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau did the same when it was his turn to speak.
The crowd of protesters tried to follow the chants.
"Everyone can understand Mandarin, I see," Lau said jokingly.
Punithan and Lau also said that today's rally was not about race or religion, but all Malaysians.
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