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What weret he events that led to the race riots of 1964

The malay newspaper, Utusan Melayu, was used by UMNO, to spread the anti-campaign. The paper claimed that 3,000 malay families were affected by the resettlement in an area stretching from Crawford, Kampong Glam to Rochor.
In reality , out of the 2500 families resettled, ony about 200 were malays . The Utusan Melayu also highlighted that the PAP government did not care about the malays in singapore. In july the government called for a meeting with malay organisations to explain its policies . This was an attempt to adress any unhappiness that the malays might have. Before this meeting was held , UMNO had an earlier meeting with the Malays . The fiery speeches which portrayed PAP as anti-Malay stirred anger in the malays.