He said Tuesday's demonstration led by Sungai Besar Umno chief Datuk Jamal Yunos sent a wrong message to parents who wished to send their children for silat classes.
"They will think that this is what silat is about when it is actually not," he said, adding that most silat practitioners were role models, who represented the country as athletes in national games.
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