2015 Shutdown Sungai Besi rally

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Shutdown Sungai Besi rally
Date31 December 2015
Location
Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur
Caused byProtest against the rising cost of living
Methods Demonstration, speeches
Parties
Number
30-100 [2]
200-500 [3] [4]

The Shutdown Sungai Besi rally (known before as Shutdown Jalan Duta [5] ) was a rally that took place on 31 December 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The rally was organised by National Trust Party, a political party in Malaysia. The rally aimed to protest the rising cost of living.

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Background

The rally were initially planned to be held at Dataran Merdeka before changed to Jalan Duta Toll Plaza. It were again changed to Sungai Besi Toll Plaza after receiving 'hard response' from the police. [1] [2] [6] Serdang district police chief Assistant Commissioner, Razimi Ahmad declared the rally as illegal as it failed to obtain rally permit. [2] [3] [7] However, Amanah Youth Vice-President, Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar insisted the rally will go on. [8] Another Amanah Youth Vice-President, predicted the rally would attract 50,000 people. [2] [4] 17,000 have pledged to attend the rally. [9]

Rally

The rally was supposed to start at 9 pm, but started two hours later. [10] The rally managed to attract 30 to 100 participants and lasted for 20–49 minutes. [2] [11] The crowd gathered first at a Shell station [4] before proceed to the Toll Plaza. [3] It was led by Amanah Deputy President, Salahuddin Ayub, [2] [4] which arrived only at 11 pm. [11] Among other politician that present were Syefura Othman, DAP Woman's wing assistant secretary and Sepang MP, Hanipa Maidin. [3] [12] Rallygoers try to block the flow of the traffic but failed, due to the Police presence. [11] Them then hold a small gathering just past the Kuala Lumpur-bound section of the toll gate. [11] Salahuddin and several party members giving short speeches that were laced with criticism against the government, which they alleged as responsible behind the increase in cost of living. [3] [11] After midnight, the crowd dispersed peacefully. [10]

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