Friday, July 4, 2008

New Venue For July 6 Petrol Price Hike Protest

The ‘one million people’ protest which was previously scheduled to be held at Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya has been moved to the Kelana Jaya Stadium.

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mppj stadium venue protes petrol price hike new venue 040708According to PKR Youth Chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, the decision to relocate was made during a party meeting held last night.

It is believed that the meeting was held at PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s residence in Bukit Segambut .

The Kelana Jaya stadium has some 50,000 seats and its field can also accommodate the same amount of people.

When contacted, Anti-Inflation Coalition (Protes) secretary Dr Hatta Ramli also confirmed the relocation but declined to elaborate.

The protest is against the recent fuel price hike.

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