Bersih 5 is on
(MMO) – Bersih 2.0 will announce today the Bersih 5 rally after the police gave approval on condition that it abide by the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.
The fifth installment of the electoral reform group’s street protests is being organised to press for action on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case after the US government filed a lawsuit over assets linked to the state investment firm.
Malay Mail Online understands that Bersih 2.0 will organise a series of rallies, starting tentatively in a week or so, before the main Bersih 5 street demonstration planned for October.
“No tentative date. Plan is to have it in October, with a series of rallies every two weeks at least leading up to it,” a source from Bersih 2.0 told Malay Mail Online.
According to the source, the rallies would be held at various locations, including at “all institutions which have been directly or indirectly involved” in the US Department of Justice’s civil filing that seeks to seize over US$1 billion (RM4 billion) in assets allegedly obtained using funds embezzled from 1MDB.
The series of rallies will, among others, call for action on alleged corruption linked to the state investment fund.
Bersih 2.0 has scheduled a press conference this afternoon to make an “important announcement”.
