Defending a right to be heard

Peaceful demonstrations are avenues for people to raise their concerns, proponents say in this final of a two-part article on plans to ease restrictions on public assembly announced by the Prime Minister in his Malaysia Day message.

HIS reputation as Penang’s “king of protest” precedes him. So, when some 300 Mat Rempit stopped traffic in the centre of George Town to demand for a racing track, fingers were immediately pointed at Suara Anak- Anak Malaysia’s Ghani Jiman.