MALAYSIA'S RACIAL UNITY HIGHLY RECOGNISED BY WORLD

BESUT (Malaysia), June 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia leads Asean countries and
ranks second in Asia, after Japan, in the list of countries which succeed in
maintaining unity among their people.

National Unity and Integration Department director-general Azman Azmin
Hassan said that based on the list issued by the Global Peace Index, Malaysia
was at 19th position among the countries in the world.

"The country's success in fostering unity has attracted the world to learn
how Malaysia does it.

"This is due to the capability of the country's leaders in maintaining unity
among the people of various races, resulting in Malaysia being invited by the
United Nations to table a working paper on unity in New York next month."

He told this to reporters after the opening of the state-level Unity Week
2011 celebration at the Air Tawar Beach Resort here Saturday by State Health,
Unity and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar.



Azman said that with such a recognition given to Malaysia, there was no
doubt about the peaceful situation in the country.

Hence, he advised the people to maintain racial harmony in the country and
to cooperate with the government to avoid any incident that could jeopardise the
harmonious situation.

He also advised the people to not participate in the illegal demonstration
planned by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) on July 9.

--BERNAMA