PUTRAJAYA, May 26 (Bernama) - Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing
Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin says the Bersih rally on April
28 cost Kuala Lumpur a RM20 million investment from South Korea.
"After Bersih, I contacted the South Korean businessman and asked about the
investment but the answer was ''Not For Now'' after seeing the ruckus on
television," he told reporters after opening the rural segment of Million Youth
Assembly here today.
This did not include losses incurred by traders in Kuala Lumpur and
RM300,000 spent by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to repair damage caused by
participants of the rally.
DBKL also had to pay contractor Alam Flora to clean up the garbage left by
Bersih participants.
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Raja Nong Chik explained that Dataran Merdeka is a historical area and it is
the responsibility of DBKL to maintain and protect it.
"We can provide stadiums for rallies but they insisted on doing it at
Dataran Merdeka. Their action is a violation of the Peaceful Assembly Act."
He said Bersih supporters should not twist facts that they can do as they
wish at Dataran Merdeka as it belongs to peace loving Malaysians.
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