KUALA LUMPUR: The Bersih 3.0 rally will be held in 70 cities around the world, said the electoral watchdog’s steering committee member Dr Subramaniam Pillay.“Bersih 3.0 is fighting for Malaysians’ fundamental rights and we are happy to know that Malaysians overseas also support our struggle,” he told a press conference here.
In Malaysia, he said, simultaneous rallies would be held at nine difference locations.
As for the support overseas, Subramaniam said during the previous Bersih rally last July, similar protests were carried out in only 20 cities.
“We hope the number will go up to 75 before this Saturday,” he said, adding that Bersih was not funding the rallies abroad.
“It is their own initiative, we are only giving them moral support,” he explained.
As for those here, Subramaniam said the public need not be afraid to participate in the rally since Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein declared that Bersih 3.0 was not a security threat.
Meanwhile, co-chairman of RAPAT (Rakan Pakatan Rakyat) A Rajaretnam promised to mobilise 10,000 Indians for the Bersih 3.0 rally.
“Brickfields will be our meeting point. So, the people can join us there from noon to 1.15pm before we march to Dataran Merdeka,” he told the same press conference.
Rajeretnam said that RAPAT had agreed to support all of Bersih’s demands and it also had four additional demands, which were:
- Abolish the PTPTN higher education loan fund
- Set up a ministry for minority groups
- New economic plan for minority groups
- Free and equal education for all
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