Federal Territories BN Youth chief Mohd Razlan Rafii has defended the Umno-themed decoration and performance contest at a primary school in Putrajaya yesterday, following criticism from an NGO.

“I was at that event and what was presented was the ‘history of our Independence’.

“The history (of our struggle) against the Malayan Union and Tunku Abdul Rahman’s excursion to London. This is the history of Malaya’s success in releasing itself from the clutches of opposition without spilling blood,” Razlan said in a statement today...