I am disappointed that malaysiakini published the letter by KS Kuan, 'Merdeka meaningless if we are not safe in our homes' (Sept 4). Racism should not be permitted a place on a website associated with Malaysia.

I am insulted by KS Kuan's letter because my grandfather is of Javanese descent. To associate a whole race with crime is a horrendous breach of the universally accepted human rights principles.

All humans in this world are equal. According to scientists, humans share 99.99 percent of the same genetic code. Individual variations are a mere 0.01 percent of the entire sequence.

I hope that malaysiakini will strive to promote unity between races instead of giving a voice to racists. I believe in freedom of speech but not when the speaker is promoting racism.