DAP's Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim has apologised for the existence of red shirts leader Jamal Md Yunos as they both operate from the same area.

"I want to apologise to all of you because the red shirts leader, the Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal is from Sekinchan.

"I don't know why my area has someone like that. I am ashamed that there is someone like that (from my area)," Ng said at a Bersih ceramah at a parking lot in Bandar Tun Hussein Onn last night.

Yesterday, Jamal and a group of red shirts gathered at Dataran Maybank, one of Bersih's planned gathering points for the Bersih 5 rally next Saturday.

He reiterated his previous threats to stop the electoral reform rally were not empty words, and that the red shirts will gather wherever Bersih gathers on the day of the rally.

The red shirts have also been harassing the coalition for free and fair election's nationwide convoys aimed at raising awareness about the agenda of their rally.

At last night's Bersih ceramah, which saw a mixed crowd of about 80 people, chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah spoke about the death threats she received.

"It (death threats) is something we must oppose and stop.

"We have also been attacked with people saying Bersih has taken money from (American financier) George Soros," she said.

In a jibe directed at Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, she said Bersih is not the one with RM3.2 billion in their bank account.

She also said the death threats and accusations aimed at Bersih are just ways the government is trying to intimidate the public into avoiding the NGO coalition's events.

The truth is that those in power are actually afraid of the power that the rakyat wields, she said.

"(This is why) we must go out and vote in the 14th general election," she said.

'Scared of people power'

Speaking at the ceramah, PKR's Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar criticised the redelineation exercise proposed by the Election Commission (EC).

Claiming it is clearly an attempt to engineer the elections in favour of the ruling party, she called on the incumbents to fight the opposition up front and not by subterfuge.

"You want to defeat us, that's fine. But fight like warriors, not like cowards," she said.

She also called on youths to register and vote in the coming elections, saying if former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad can shake hands with his rival Anwar Ibrahim, then youths can do their part by voting.

"If a 90-year-old man can go for Bersih and be on the front line, then youths can also attend Bersih on Nov 19," she added.

Past Bersih rallies in Kuala Lumpur had seen increasing numbers since its inaugural rally in 2007, with an unprecedented 150,000 turn out estimated at Bersih 3 in 2012, and at least 100,000 and 80,000 respectively over the two days of last year's Bersih 4.

Last night's ceramah was part of Bersih's last push to promote the Bersih 5 rally in Kuala Lumpur next Saturday, amid concerns of a low turnout.

Other speakers at the event, which ended at 11pm, included Bersih northern peninsula vice-chair Toh Kin Woon, Balakong assemblyperson Eddie Ng and law professor Abdul Aziz Bari.