Hundreds of people staged a protest this afternoon against
the Automated Enforcement System outside the Lumut parliamentary office
of MP Kong Cho Ha, who is also Transport Minister.
Organisers estimated the crowd at 500. The protesters marched after
Friday prayers from the An-Nasyirah Mosque in Sitiawan to Kong’s office
in Sitiawan. They wanted to deliver a memo to Kong but were disappointed
when only a clerk at the office came out to accept the memo.
Among the politicians in the crowd were Perak PKR rep Chang Lih Kang, Perak Pas Youth rep Raja Ahmad Iskandar and Central PKR rep Siti Aisyah Sheik Ismail as well as NGO reps. The memo was read out by the Bantah AES coordinator.
It appears that the AES uproar could turn out to be a major issue in the coming general election as it is typical of the way lucrative concession agreements are entered into with obscure but politically well connected firms.
Among the politicians in the crowd were Perak PKR rep Chang Lih Kang, Perak Pas Youth rep Raja Ahmad Iskandar and Central PKR rep Siti Aisyah Sheik Ismail as well as NGO reps. The memo was read out by the Bantah AES coordinator.
It appears that the AES uproar could turn out to be a major issue in the coming general election as it is typical of the way lucrative concession agreements are entered into with obscure but politically well connected firms.
No comments:
Post a Comment