Drink-driving death in Malaysia spirals into race-baiting, inflames ethnic tensions
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Drink-driving death in Malaysia spirals into race-baiting, inflames ethnic tensions

March 30, 2026
South China Morning Post
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A horrific road crash in Malaysia’s port city of Klang that left a motorcyclist dead on Sunday has spiralled into yet another bout of race-baiting over what was initially a fatal drink-driving investigation. Police said the crash happened at about 11.40am on Jalan Raya Barat, when an allegedly speeding Honda City driven by a local man in his 20s overtook several vehicles, entered the opposite lane, and crashed into a motorcycle coming from the other direction.

Drink-driving death in Malaysia spirals into race-baiting, inflames ethnic tensions

The rider, a local man in his 30s,...

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