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The 2006 UMNO Annual General Assembly was widely remarked upon by analysts, who saw it as " return to the atmosphere of the 1980s, when there was a ' strong anti-DAP sentiment '".

Several controversial statements were made at the assembly, such as " Umno is willing to risk lives and bathe in blood to defend the race and religion.

Don't play with fire.

If they ( non-Malays ) messed with our rights, we will mess with theirs.

" The controversy was aggravated by the fact that that assembly was the first ever to be telecast live ; in addition, analysts suggested that it created problems for the Malaysian Chinese Association, one of UMNO's partners in BN, which was accused by the opposition Democratic Action Party ( DAP ) of failing to stand up to the heated racial rhetoric of UMNO delegates.

One Chinese political insider was quoted as saying that " We were told the sensitive remarks were not an orchestrated or a coordinated attack against the Chinese.

Well, that ’ s even worse.

It means the speakers individually had those feelings ".