▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁several ▁days ▁of ▁fighting ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁death s , ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁further ▁dist urban ces ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁ri ot ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁which ▁origin ated ▁as ▁a ▁protest ▁against ▁currency ▁de valu ation ▁but ▁turned ▁into ▁ra cial ▁kill ings . ▁ ▁In ▁Singapore , ▁the ▁ant agon ism ▁between ▁the ▁races ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁Race ▁Ri ots ▁which ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁Singapore ▁from ▁Malays ia ▁on ▁August ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁The ▁ 1 3 ▁May ▁Inc ident ▁probably ▁the ▁highest ▁race ▁ri ot ▁happen ▁in ▁Malays ia ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 4 3 ▁or ▁suggested ▁ 6 0 0 ▁killed , ▁mostly ▁Chinese . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁reported ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁that ▁relations ▁between ▁eth nic ▁Chinese ▁Malays ians ▁and ▁ind igen ous ▁Malays ▁were ▁" at ▁their ▁lowest ▁e bb ", ▁and ▁fake ▁news ▁posted ▁online ▁of ▁main land ▁Chinese ▁ind isc rimin ately ▁receiving ▁citizens hip ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁had ▁been ▁st oking ▁ra cial ▁t ensions . ▁The ▁primarily ▁Chinese - based ▁Democratic ▁Action ▁Party ▁in ▁Malays ia ▁has ▁also ▁reported ly ▁faced ▁an ▁on s la ug ht ▁of ▁fake ▁news ▁dep ict ing ▁it ▁as ▁un pat ri otic , ▁anti - Mal ay ▁and ▁anti - Mus lim