Penang Watch

There are at least 2 versions for the event/mass rally to be organised by the Pakatan Rakyat parties on this coming Sunday night(June 15th) at the MPPP stadium: one sy it is for the PR government to present its 100 days report card; the other say it will be the first stop for the national anti-oil hike road show. Speakers will include PR's defacto leader Anwar Ibrahim and other PR leaders. Whatever the topic look like this sunday evening will be a packed event-join in if you enjoy the sweating-out!

If the organiser read this/anyone who knows better please contact us to provide more info here. Contact: 013-5900339(Ong)

'Strike against the hike' kicks off Sunday in Penang

By Debra Chong www.themalaysianinsider.com

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 – The loose coalition known as Pakatan Rakyat will kick off their nationwide protest against the "insane" fuel price hike on Sunday at the City Stadium in Penang.

"The roadshow is organised by Pakatan Rakyat. It will start in Penang and will move from state to state," said Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi, the PAS MP for Kuala Terengganu at a press conference held at the PAS office in downtown Jalan Raja Laut after a successful street protest organised by the Pakatan youth leaders today.

All of Pakatan's bigshots are expected to attend the night-time affair, including PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

[Bunawan Manusin (right), from Pandan Dalam, Selangor is one PKR member who shows total support whatever the occasion. Today's fuel hike protest is no exception and there he stands with his handwritten poster. — picture by Choo Choy May]

Bunawan Manusin (right), from Pandan Dalam, Selangor is one PKR member who shows total support whatever the occasion. Today's fuel hike protest is no exception and there he stands with his handwritten poster. — picture by Choo Choy May
The roadshow is part of Pakatan's efforts to gather one million signatures in support of the big march in Kuala Lumpur on July 5.

However, they did not say what would happen if they failed to obtain the one million signatures.

"We're confident that we will have over one million signatures before July 5," said Salahuddin Ayubn, PAS Youth chief, who was also at the press conference with PAS Titiwangsa MP Dr Lo' Lo' Ghazali.

It is the media's responsibility to spread the information, said Dr Lo' Lo'.

"We call on all Malaysians to gather on the 5th of July to express their dissatisfaction over the price hike," said Syed Azman.

Initially, today's street demonstration was to have seen Pakatan protestors walking 3 km from the Kampung Baru mosque after performing the Friday prayers to KLCC, headquarters of national oil company Petronas.

The destination was called off after PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar received news of "heavy police presence" at the iconic building.

Instead, the protestors switched to Plan B and journeyed to Sogo, a major shopping mall on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, where they surprised police personnel and pedestrians alike with a sit-down protest.

Today's street demonstration is only the beginning. The protest walk to KLCC, however, is far from over. The organisers have already planned for it to be held on July 5, regardless of heavy police presence or not.