Malaysia Bans Yellow Clothing

(Image source: Malaysia Kini)



BY UNA LUE

ANCHOR JENNIFER MECKLES



No yellow shirts, hats, or pants.

Dress code "Yellow" is officially banned in Malaysia.



Malaysia Today reports -- the government is cracking down to prevent a July 9th demonstration organized by a group of opposition backed activists -- called Bersih -- Anyone wearing yellow will automatically be identified as a protester.



"Is it a crime to wear yellow T-shirt?"(Malaysia Today)



Yes! -- says Malaysian Home Minister in a press conference. The Guardian quotes his response:



"The Bersih T-shirt is related to an illegal assembly, then whatever they are wearing is illegal."



And he's serious -- 14 people have already been arrested in yellow.

The speech immediately caused an uproar and strong media backlash.



Free Malaysia Today uses the headline "Bullied by the State" to criticize the ridiculous irrational fear of the color yellow. Some Bersih even call July 9 Campaign a holy war to against the oppression by authority. (Free Malaysia Today)



Democratic Action Party chairman Karpal Singh -- who is also a renowned lawyer -- tells the China Press he intends to take action in court.



"The police cannot go scott-free after causing such humiliation...There is no doubt in my mind that whatever they are doing is not supported by law."



But some Malaysian citizens are staying cool in the midst of this yellow fever. On Malaysia Kini's blog, a commenter even predicts green might become the new yellow.



"...many colors are banned, namely orange (as it is claimed to be associated with Hindraf movement), black (Teoh Beng Hock) and Yellow (Bersih). I wonder the next color will be green as PAS gave UMNO a damn "no" to their unholy merger proposal through the Bersih."



So far, Malaysian police have arrested more than 100 people with suspected links to the Bersih movement. 45 are still being detained.

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[duckie613]

malaysia.. please stop all these! i'm shame enough to be malaysian!

[citizencream]

my dear, it's BerrrSaaay, not bershit.

[OneEyedLeaf]

and yet i still wear yellow clothing and no dumbass cop ever arrested me

[bkong61]

bersih, berrrsaaay, bershit.....all boil down to...CHANGE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW!

[jefflimtc]

Malaysia boleh! Haha....

[angel2lee]

why not just ban peeing sice it's yellow, and change the color of the moon and star of the malaysia's flag since it's yellow.... dick =.=

[blackpythonsc]

STUPID GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!! Malaysia could ban all colours, so that we all wear transparent...

BN is doomed, as the royal families mostly wear yellow, and you say wearing yellow is illegal...

Ng Y Y, you dont have to spend RM1.8million to set up facebook fanpages for tourism industry, because there are free media reports about Malaysia worldwide...

Colour of BN is blue, so all Malaysians wear blue, so that when you walk out of the street, you can see Avatar...

[stephy1437]

If the government's anti YELLOW, why not they change Malaysia's FLAG as well???? There's YELLOW on the Moon and Star oso ma.....

[mikecestino]

MALAYSIA DOING A GOOD PROMOTION AROUND THE WORLD!!! LOL

[redeye2811]

please dont be irrational...then DIGI network will be banned...i pity the yellow guy :)

[WIND9209]

another joke for the world to hear....

retarded bunch....