Schoolkids call for change to tackle climate crisis


Taking a stand: Protestors, young and old, holding up placards demanding for urgent government action on climate change during a climate strike in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Year Five pupil Sasirani Manogaran joined three classmates at a table to write down their aspirations for the future.

“I want fresh oxygen. I want no pollution. I want people to love recycling, ” she wrote on a piece of paper.

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