(Sept 15): Malaysians will be the judge of tomorrow's controversial "red shirt" rally, and those who are on trial will be its "organisers", Umno, the police and Umno minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, a PAS senior leader warned today.

Party deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Malaysians will compare their response to tomorrow's rally to how they reacted towards Bersih 4.

Umno has so far burned effigies of two DAP leaders, the police had questioned the Bersih 4 organisers, and Rahman had issued them a RM65,000 clean-up bill, despite it being a "peaceful, clean and successful rally," said Tuan Ibrahim.

"The police's actions and that of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman before, during and after the Bersih 4 rally will be at the centre of everyone's attentions, especially in light of how they will respond to the "red shirt" rally this Sept 16.

"Will the organisers receive a clean-up bill after the rally? Will the authorities act consistently and fairly?" asked Tuan Ibrahim.

He added that Malaysians would also judge whether the rally was able to attract Umno grassroots to gather at Padang Merbok tomorrow.

He noted that Bersih 4's detractors had accused the rally of disrupting business, and questioned whether the red shirt rally-goers would not be doing the same.

"Won't the shops need to close and would the traders benefit from the rally? Will it disrupt traffic? Will racial sentiments be toyed with?

"Before the gathering had even begun, there was an incident where an effigy was burned. This is worse than the incident where several protesters stomped on photos (of PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak).

"Could worse things occur during the September 16 rally?" said Tuan Ibrahim.

The "red shirt" rally, also called Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu, is to be held in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, which is also Malaysia Day.

Malaysia Day is a public holiday commemorating the country's formation in 1963.

The Bersih 4 rally on Aug 29 and 30 was outlawed by the government on security concerns but it went ahead without any incident.

The martial arts group – National Federation of Silat Associations (Pesaka) – is organising the gathering in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.

The rally is reportedly to counter Bersih 4 last month, where the majority of participants were non-Malays.

They have claimed it is not a racist get-together, but critics have pointed out that they use slogans such as “kebangkitan maruah Melayu” (rise of Malay honour), which have communal sentiments.

After initially declaring it illegal, police have now allowed the rally to go on after organisers obtained permission from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to use Padang Merbok for the gathering. – The Malaysian Insider