Nga: Govt is okay with peaceful protest by PAS Youth 


Meeting the Concorde Club: Nga (seated, third from left) attending the gathering with (seated, from left) Sinchew Daily deputy executive editor-in-chief Tay Tian Yan, Xinhua News Agency KL bureau chief Mao Pengfei, Wong and Chin (standing, third from right). — SAMUEL ONG/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The ­government has no issue with PAS Youth’s planned rally against the proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA) as it respects the right to peaceful protest, says Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.

However, he made it clear that the organisers should engage the issue with rational arguments instead of inflaming sentiments.

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