PM: Govt to meet Bersih over stadium for rally

(The Star) – The Government is prepared to meet with Bersih 2.0 to discuss the movement’s plan to organise the July 9 rally in a stadium.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said which stadium would depend on the request from the organisers.

“We will respond to that accordingly.

“What is important is for them to come to the stadium peacefully and orderly, and leave in the same manner,” he told newsmen after chairing Agensi Inovasi Malaysia’s first governance council meeting here Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday, Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan emerged after an audience with the King and said the planned street march had been called off.

Instead, the rally would be held in a stadium, she added.