Engaging the Malay heartland

Cramped among a crowd of yellow in the LRT coach heading toward Masjid Jamek, I met a lady in black jeans and blue blouse, tudung and a yellow armband. “Many of my Malay friends support Bersih,” she said, “but they takut to lose their job.” “Same here,” said an Indian in a yellow T-shirt and floral harem pants. “Some of my friends are school teachers. Some work in the university.”