Next up, a Kita Lawan mass-ride protest
The Kita Lawan movement will hit the streets again, this time on two wheels in a bid to throw law enforcement officers off their game.
The Kita Lawan movement will hit the streets again, this time on two wheels in a bid to throw law enforcement officers off their game.
Kita Lawan coordinator said youths will get on their bicycles in a protest ride around Kuala Lumpur this Saturday.
"It would be difficult to clamp down on youths cycling," Kita Lawan secretariat member Akmal Nasir said.
"Before this, when we gather (we are arrested) under Penal Code or the Peaceful Assembly Act.
"So when we change tactics and get on our bicycles, this will give the police a headache."
The protest ride will be from Dataran Merdeka at Jalan Raja Laut to KLCC and other parts, with details to be revealed tomorrow he said.
"But this will be a big problem to the authorities," he said at a forum at @Kini in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday night.
Protest cyclathons are not new in Kuala Lumpur or Malaysia.
A group of activists conduct regular mass rides to push for more space for bicycles in the capital city's busy roads.
In 2008, police arrested several Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) activists who cycled across Peninsular Malaysia to highlight workers' rights.
'Like Reformasi, but different'
Akmal, who is also PKR Youth strategist, said the movement has grown more than just organising big rallies but other forms of civil disobedience.
"The spirit for Kita Lawan is the same as Bersih and Reformasi but the manifestation is different. It follows the current trend where demonstrations are not just about screaming on top of your lungs.
" Kita Lawan now has artistic elements and it involves young people which has made it transcend more to sit-ins and forums now," Akmal said.
Others on the panel were Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) activist Michelle Yesudas, The Malaysian Insider editor Amin Iskandar and Secretary to the Opposition Leader Malek Husin.
The panelists said the Kita Lawan movement is now using several methods which "have not been done in Malaysia before", which has brought in support from all races unlike Reformasi in 1998 which was predominantly Malay.
