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COMMENT | Reformasi to 'reformati': A tale of two protests
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COMMENT | Two protests were scheduled in three days for different causes.

Last Saturday, it was against the nation's most significant crisis – corruption - and the other, on Monday, for the support of those whose products put food on the table for all of us.

That is where the similarities ended. One was told a flat “no” when notifying the police of the impending protest with a warning to participants.

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In contrast, the other party was not directed or requested but a polite plea was made to reschedule it.

Last Saturday’s protest, organised by Sekretariat Rakyat Benci Rasuah, would have been the perfect platform to...


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