Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei summoned Malaysian Ambassador to China Syed Norulzaman on Wednesday to make stern representations over the matter that Chinese citizens have been successively humiliated and assaulted in Malaysia.

Wu said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to safeguarding the dignity and safety of Chinese citizens and deeply concerns about the incident.

China has asked Malaysia to conduct an immediate investigation into the cases in an earnest and responsible manner and take effective measures to prevent the reoccurrence of such incident, Wu said.

Norulzaman said the Malaysian government and its people were shocked by the cases, adding that Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had instructed his government to conduct a serious probe into the incident.

The Malaysian government attaches great importance to Malaysia-China relations and hopes the incident will not affect bilateral friendly cooperation, said Norulzaman.

(Xinhua News Agency December 1, 2005)