A few bunches of flowers and bulldozer tracks are all that’s left of the “Democracy tree” plaque. – Pic courtesy of blog.limkitsiang.com
IPOH, March 15 – The monument commemorating the “Democracy Tree” was removed this morning.
This comes less than two days after the Ipoh City Council served a 24-hour notice pinned to the tree, telling the “owner” of the plaque to remove it.
Perak DAP claims that witnesses saw city council personnel removing it around 7am this morning.
The site where the plaque stood since March 8 shows signs of being dug up by earthmoving machinery.
The notice, pinned on Friday evening, declared that the plaque, erected on a road reserve, was illegal because no permit had been sought from the council.
It also said that the structure posed an obstruction to the public and hence contravened Section 46(1)(a) of the Road, Drainage and Building Ordinance 1974.
DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang said that the removal was done by those afraid of such symbols of democracy.
“They should be more afraid of the democratic spirit in the hearts and minds of Perakians and Malaysians,” the Ipoh Timur MP said, adding that such a move only highlighted the illegitimacy of Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir as the mentri besar of Perak.
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