KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 – The activist Wong Chin Huat said today about those gathered for the Bersih 4 rally have no intent to bring down the government. He said they are not here to bring down the government but is to correct the wrongs. He said things are going awry and they are voicing out our thoughts.
In the same time, thousands people have been gathered at Sogo Shopping Centre to their support for Bersih 4 which is calling for free and fair elections and government transparency, even though police have deemed the rally to be illegal. Besides Wong, there were also have other speakers included Chua Tian Chang, or Tian Chua, Datuk Salehuddin Ayub and Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also spurred the crowd with their speeches.
Wan Azizah said she was proud and relieved that the people are here to fight against cruelty and corruption. In the same time, Tian Chua also would like to urged protesters to be disciplined if they want the rally to remain peaceful. Rafizi said the group will be moving from Sogo after 3.30pm and will reach the vicinity of Dataran Merdeka by 4pm. Before the speeches, the crowd also sang Negaraku and conducted prayers which were disrupted at one point by the deafening sound of vuvuzelas.
