as a reaction, myanmar nationalists, led by activist and monk sayadaw pamaukkha, began to protest against the malaysian prime minister's decision to join the rally. they suggested that malaysia should “take all rohingya people in their country and integrate into the malaysian society if they (the malaysians) love the rohingya so much as we the myanmar people don't want our race, religion and nation from disappearing due to the fast growth of rohingya population” (with myanmar previous junta administration labelling the rohingya as immigrants from bangladesh especially during the operation king dragon with many are claimed to be insurgents and illegal immigrants who fled from the bangladesh liberation war). the group also remind myanmar citizen in malaysia to be careful as some extreme group and ngos in the country have inciting hatred to malaysians to hate myanmar people, adding that “they would organise a similar protest in their country to condemn the malaysian action but will not burning the malaysian flag as been did by some of the malaysian protesters to myanmar flag in recent rally”. earlier before malaysian prime minister join the rally, myanmar president's office deputy-director and spokesman for myanmar president htin kyaw, zaw htay urge malaysia to “respecting their sovereign affairs and to stop interfering in their country affairs”.