What were the consequences of the riots(Kevin)

Ans: After the riot the police went to investigate the matter which detained 778 people including the leader of riots , Karim Ghani.509 people were released due to various conditions while the remaining people were accused of causing the riots.Seven of them were brought to trail at the Assize Court for wanton killing while five of them were send for death sentence. 25 august 1951, Tunku Abdul Rahman was appointed to be malaysia's 1st Prime minister then took over UMNO's president place to form a party.Therefore becoming the biggest and ruling political party in malaysia, he immediately order the seven people who were on death row to be saved.Abdul Rahman then placed pressure on the authourities who then gave in, the British hopes were then shattered to be Colonial master.