KUCHING, Jul 22 – Around 1,000 people against police advice with joining the rally which named 722 Sarawak Freedom and Independence Day Walk at Padang Jubilee here today. Yesterday Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar have issued a caution to the public against joining the rally.
Police were reported to have received the information that organisers of The Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (Sadia) and Sarawak for Sarawak (S4S) Team has been planned the rally as a platform to allegedly provoke and influence people in Sarawak with the idea of secession from Malaysia. Besides that, the rally in conjunction was also an anniversary of Sarawak’s independence from the British on July 22, 1963.
In the same time, the police also keep monitor all of the participants who wearing a black T-shirts with printed of “Sarawak for Sarawakians” slogan and carrying the state flag and banners with the words of ‘peace’, ‘harmony’, ‘education autonomy’ and ‘healthcare autonomy’ to marched and ride bicycles at Padang Rekreasi Song Kheng Khai.
