1. I refer to the Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof and Lynas’ statements in reference to the Parliamentary Caucus to Monitor Lynas Committee members decisions not to entertain the invitation by Lynas to visit their plant. The statements obviously have the intention to tarnish the credibility and reputations of the caucus’ members.

2. First of all, I wish to state that I have visited the Lynas plant in Gebeng in August 2018.

3. Secondly, I wish to state that I applaud my caucus colleagues stance not to dance to Lynas’ tunes nor entertain their drama.

4. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that DOE, for reasons only they themselves know, has allowed Lynas to store on-site over A MIILION metric tonnes of hazardous scheduled wastes (NUF) which are piled up like mountains, in open air over the last 6 YEARS. The Environmental Quality Act 1974 – Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulation 2005, Rule 9 and 10 clearly state that :

i) ​Scheduled wastes can only be stored on-site, isolated from the biosphere, for a maximum of 180 days at a quantity not exceeding 20 metric tonnes.
ii) ​The date of the schedule wastes are first generated must be clearly labeled..

5. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to question how the radioactive contaminated wastes generated can be accurately quantified from the way it is stored. And if this is not possible, then how do the regulators monitor and ensure compliance to laws on wastes management.

6. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB), for reasons only they themselves know, has allowed Lynas to store on-site almost HALF A MILLION metric tonnes of radioactive wastes (WLP) in a flood prone, reclaimed peat swamp area even though the Atomic Energy Licensing (Radioactive Waste Management) Regulations 2011 – Rule 21 clearly states that radioactive wastes cannot be stored in a location that is prone to natural disaster.

7. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that AELB, for reasons only they themselves know, has allowed Lynas to store on-site, massive amounts of the radioactive wastes (WLP) in open air when they are supposed to be isolated from the biosphere.

The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), the main representative body for all registered medical practitioners in Malaysia with over 10,000 members, in a statement issued on 20th July 2011 on Lynas has raised the concern that the method of storing the WLP radiaoctive wastes in open air predispose to radioactive particles dusting the environment, increase the chances of inhalation of such particles by the surrounding community. Radionuclides in air-borne dust inhaled will accummulate in the body, releasing radiation constantly next to the cells which may result in cancer.

There are ten kampungs (communities) located less than 5km from the Lynas plant and approximately 700,000 residents living within a 35km radius.

8. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that Malaysians will not sacrifice a massive piece of our precious land to build Lynas radioactive wastes “TOMB”. We have lost 1km square of land in the pristine Kledang Range near Bukit Merah FOREVER to bury Asian Rare Earth’s (ARE) radioactive wastes. Lynas’ operation is at least ten times bigger that ARE’s.

9. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that our Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohd., in reference to this painful Bukit Merah tragedy has once said,

“Eventually, we agreed to bury this substance (radioactive wastes) in an area which was one square kilometre large. We had to bury it under thick cement to prevent the radiation from affecting people. Malaysia lost one square kilometre of land as the area was still not safe, which also led to losses in terms of areas meant for development. The radiation effects triggered fear among the community, we don't want a repeat of this.” – New Straits Times, 18 September 2018.

10. They do not need to visit Lynas to know that Tun Dr. Mahathir has also said that all promises in the Pakatan Harapan’s Manifesto will be fulfilled. It should be noted that Promise 39 of Pakatan Harapan’s Manifesto is to balance economic growth with environmental protection.

11. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that it does not make any economic sense nor fair to burden our children and future generations with the cost to manage Lynas’ radioactive wastes for possibly billions of years. Not many know that Lynas’ radioactive waste contains Thorium radionuclides which have a half life of 14 billion years. In other words, Lynas’ radioactive wastes is a permanent problem.

12. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that the ASPIRATIONS FOR A CLEAN AND GREEN ENVIRONMENT of the tens of thousands of Malaysians who have “GREENWALK-ED”and participated in Himpunan Hijau’s protest rallies as well as the over a million who have signed the petition calling for the Shut down of Lynas, MUST BE FULFILLED.

13. They do not need to visit the Lynas plant to know that the wellbeing of the people and environment WILL NOT be compromised for profits or FDI.

14. The saddest thing right now is we still have Ministers who are ignorant and supportive of wrongdoings as well as regulators who until today, have failed in their duties to enforce the laws.

15. However, I also confidently know that the majority of my colleagues in Parliament, from both sides of the divide are standing firm with the Rakyat on the Lynas issue.

16. Justice for the people will prevail. U-TURN will not be tolerated.

17. Let’s continue to stand together to realize our aspirations for a GREEN and CORRUPTION-FREE country.

FIGHT ON!

Salam HIJAU.

WONG TACK
Member of Parliament for Bentong
Chairman of the Parliamentary Caucus to Monitor Lynas Committee

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WHY GIVE LYNAS 6 MORE MONTHS?

1. On 1st March 2019, The Malaysian Insight reported that Lynas said it may close down their plant in six months after admitting that the conditions imposed by the government for the renewal of its operating licence are “unachievable”.

2. Amanda Lacaze, the CEO of Lynas has finally admitted and confirmed that Lynas is unable to and has no intention to ship their toxic radioactive wastes out of Malaysia. It is now clear that the Letter of Undertaking committing to remove all wastes generated out of Malaysia which Lynas signed in February 2012 as a pre-licence condition was just a farce to mislead the people of Malaysia.

3. So, why are we giving Lynas six more months? So that they can continue with their spins to mislead the people? So that they can continue to generate more of their toxic radioactive wastes which they cannot ship out? So that they can continue to contaminate and pollute our environment and harm our people?

4. For over SIX YEARS the previous corrupt government has allowed Lynas to blatantly violate our country’s laws, rules and regulations. Enough is Enough!

5. Therefore, I strongly urge the Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Yeo Bee Yin to :

i) immediately issue a stop work order. Not an ounce more of radioactive wastes should be generated on our soil.

ii) order Lynas to pay up the USD50 million security deposit IN FULL BY CASH.
It is appalling to note that Lynas has been allowed by the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) to pay a substantial amount of the security deposits by bonds. For 2013 and 2014, Lynas has paid a total of USD11.05 million in cash. For 2014-2018, the payments totalling USD31.16 million has been made by BONDS. They have yet to pay the final installment of USD7.79 million which is due this year. I hope AELB can explain why they had bent backwards to allow Lynas the “convenience” to pay by bonds instead of cash? Will the USD31.16 million in bonds become worthless if Lynas closes or goes bankrupt?

6. In 2014, 1.2 million Malaysians signed the petition calling for the shutdown of Lynas. The enormous support for this petition reflects the degree of concern the people of Malaysia has for this issue. Today, I’m sure Malaysians from across the country are grateful to the Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, YB Yeo Bee Yin and members of the Malaysian Cabinet for having the rakyat at heart and protecting the wellbeing of the environment and future generations.

7. Malaysians will never sacrifice a massive piece of our precious land forever to build Lynas’ toxic radioactive wastes tombs. We cannot afford and will not tolerate the repeat of another Bukit Merah toxic radioactive legacy.

8. To all environmentally responsible Malaysians, let’s continue to stand together to ensure Lynas SHUT DOWN, CLEAN UP AND GET OUT OF MALAYSIA!

WONG TACK
Member of Parliament for Bentong

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1. Finally, with a new government and highly capable Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) running this country after May 9th 2018, Lynas can no longer lie to the people. All wrongdoings are now fully exposed.

2. The Lynas plant is situated on reclaimed swamp land with groundwater as close as 1 meter below surface. This area, which receives an annual rainfall of 2,860mm is prone to flooding. The effect is particularly intense during the Northeast monsoon season. This site has been severely flooded twice already in the past and with climate change, the future risks can be worse.

3. There have been serious violations of laws, regulations as well as licensing terms and conditions over the last six years. The people now demands to know who facilitated all the following violations :

i. Our law / licence conditions says the storage area for radioactive waste must be roofed and not located in areas prone to natural disasters. 451,564 metric tonnes of radioactive waste (Water Leached Purification -WLP) were piled up in the open in Lynas’ flood-prone backyard.

ii. Our law says only a maximum of 20 metric tonnes of scheduled wastes can be stored on-site. There are now 1.113 MILLION metric tonnes piled up in the open in Lynas’ backyard.

iii. Our law says scheduled wastes can be stored on-site for SIX MONTHS maximum. 1.113 MILLION metric tonnes are piled up in the open in Lynas’ backyard for the past SIX YEARS.

iv. Our law says all scheduled wastes must be kept in fully covered containers and isolated from the biosphere. Lynas piled them up in the open in their backyard, completely exposed to severe weather.

4. Lynas radioactive wastes must be removed from Malaysia.

i. The approval of Lynas’ operating licence was based on Lynas’ commitment to ship all their wastes out of Malaysia. The Cabinet endorsed joint-ministerial directive clearly stated that Lynas must remove all their wastes, including all products made from it, out of Malaysia, failing which their operating licence will be immediately revoked.

ii. It does not make any economic sense.

a) Large piece of land will be LOST FOREVER . Lynas radioactive wastes contains Thorium which has a half life of 14 billion years. In other words, Lynas’ wastes will remain in the environment forever.

Tun Dr. Mahathir, in reference to Bukit Merah (Mitsubishi’s joint-venture Asian Rare Earth’s radioactive wastes) :

“Eventually, we agreed to bury this substance (radioactive wastes) in an area which was one square kilometre large. We had to bury it under thick cement to prevent the radiation from affecting people. Malaysia lost one square kilometre of land as the area was still not safe, which also led to losses in terms of areas meant for development. The radiation effects triggered fear among the community, we don't want a repeat of this.” – New Straits Times, 18 September 2018.

The amount of Lynas’ radioactive waste generated in six years is already about forty times more than the lifetime amount of Bukit Merah. The lifespan of the Lynas plant is 20 years. How many square kilometres more of precious land do we have to sacrifice to bury Lynas’ wastes?

Malaysia is a small country. Every inch of our land is productive and has high economic and ecological values. We must treasure every inch of it.

b) In Bukit Merah’s case, the long-term management and maintenance of their radioactive waste ‘tomb’ has been handed over to the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) and subsequently the state government. If we allow Lynas to build a PDF, our children for generations to come will have to pay for the management and maintenance of Lynas’ radioactive dump for 14 billion years. It’s unfair, immoral and irresponsible to subject our children to such unnecessary health risks and economic burden.

iii. There should be no double standards. In Australia, Lynas would be required to send the waste back to where it came from ie. Mount Weld for long-term storage immediately after they are produced. No accumulation of waste at the refinery is allowed. Malaysians lives are not cheaper than Australians. Lynas must send their waste back to Australia.

iv. The Earth Charter which is endorsed by UNESCO, states that pollution of any part of the environment must be prevented and no build-up of radioactive, toxic, or other hazardous substances can be allowed. The Earth Charter initiative was championed by our very own former Ambassador Tan Sri Razali Ismail, who has also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly.

5. The people of Malaysia will never allow our country to be the “tong sampah” for Lynas’ radioactive wastes which will destroy a large piece of our precious land forever.

6. In view of all these irregularities and violations, we call upon the Minister of MESTECC to issue an immediate stop-work order against Lynas.

WONG TACK
Member of Parliament for Bentong
15 December 2018

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APPENDIX :
Attachment 1 : Part of the more than 1.5 MILLION metric tonnes of wastes piled up in the open like mountains in Lynas’ backyard, 15-12-2018.
Attachment 2 : Lynas plant sitting on low-lying wetland, 15-12-2018.
Attachment 3 : Radioactive wastes “TOMB” 3km from Bukit Merah. 1km square of pristine forest in the Kledang Range lost and wasted forever.
Photos credit : Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL).

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The Australian High Commissioner in Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski said that the closure of Lynas will be a ‘tragedy’. I would like to point out to him that it will be a tragedy to the people of Malaysia, particularly the community of Kuantan if we turn a blind eye to pollution issues just to allow corporate gains.

The further threat by the High Commissioner that the closure of Lynas will result in a pullout of Australian investments in Malaysia is an insult to the intelligence and dignity of the Malaysian people.

I wish to stress that foreign direct investment has no relation to the pollution issue of Lynas. They are two different matters. Lumping them together is illogical, unfair and unreasonable.

In year 2013, 1.2 million Malaysians signed the petition calling for the closure of Lynas due to serious concerns of non- compliance to laws, regulations, international standards and good practices, non-transparency and highly questionable approval process, some of which are as follows:

1. Lynas did not comply with the directive of the Malaysian Cabinet issued in year 2012 to remove all their wastes, including products made from the wastes, out of Malaysia.

2. The people were not consulted prior to the approval of the plant. No public consultations were carried out except for two sessions by AELB out of an initial series planned which were hastily cancelled after facing angry opposition to the Lynas project and inability to convince the people to accept it.

3. Lynas and AELB did not provide or made public the detailed plan for the Permanent Waste Disposal Facility (PDF) including its intended location.

4. Lynas only did a preliminary environmental impact assessment when in Australia, Lynas would be required to do a full EIA, social impact assessment and a pilot plant.

5. Lynas has been granted a 12-year tax holiday which doesn’t make any sense. It’s has long been a known fact that rare earth processing industries generates massive amount of costly to manage radioactive wastes. The wastes left behind by Lynas will impose serious environmental, social and health costs burden on the local community and the Malaysian government.

6. Until today Lynas has not fully paid up the USD50 million security deposit required which should have been paid before the start of their operations.

Unfortunately the voices of the people have been blatantly ignored by the previous corrupt regime. This said regime has since collapsed on May 9th 2018. The current new government was voted in on an overwhelming mandate for reform. I am confident this new government is committed to fulfil their promises and the aspirations of the people, especially of the 1.2 million for I know the process of setting up the executive committee to investigate Lynas by the Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) is already in the final stage and should materialize within days.

Lastly, I wish to reiterate that Malaysia may be a developing country but we will never resort to destroying our nation by being a dumping ground for foreign radioactive contaminated wastes nor subject our future generations to unnecessary health risks for whatever profits or gains.

WONG TACK
Bentong Member of Parliament
20 September 2018

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LET’S GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND START ANEW!

Lately, there has been a few statements made regarding the land use policies of the new government in relation to the forestry and oil palm plantation sectors.

On Sept 4, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok reaffirmed that the Pakatan Harapan’s administration will fulfil its long-held pledge of keeping at least 50% of the country’s landmass under forest cover to the international community. She further said this would entailed stopping further expansion of oil palm plantation.

This has generated immediate reaction from the Sarawak state government which opposed the move, citing the need to rely on oil palm cultivation to lift its rural populace out of poverty. Then we also have a fellow of the government-sponsored Akademi Sains Malaysia (ASM) supporting Sarawak and encouraging other states to react likewise.

On the other hand, earlier we have the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources Dr Xavier Jayakumar announcing a reforestation plan with a NGO called the Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Centre (TRCRC). His interview with The Star is also peppered with the word ‘deforestation’ in support of the TRCRC plan.

I would like to weigh in with some of my views and observations of this development.

1. From the onset, I would support Minister Kok’s intention to uphold the 50% forest cover as I’d too raised this concern in my maiden speech in the last Parliament sitting. More than just fulfilling our commitment to the world, this is also in the interests of our own well-being. Retaining the forests is not just about saving the tigers as insinuated by the ASM’s Fellow that the only difference between oil palm plantation and forest is the absence of tigers! We all know that forests offer life-savings ecosystem services – water cycle regulation and flood management in river basins, micro-climate and global carbon cycle regulation and sources of timber and non-timber products, as well as home to local indigenous peoples.

2. The term ‘deforestation’ has been a misunderstood one. Rightly or wrongly, we are saying that the sustainable forest management (SFM) system adopted since the mid-1990s is not working and therefore, instead of practising selective logging, we are allowing clear-felling or destructive logging practices to happen in our supposedly managed forests. And, therefore, we need to reforest. There is a serious need for all to get on the same page on specific forestry-related terminologies to avoid further confusions that would have negative global implications on our timber and palm oil industries as well as our climate actions commitment to control emissions from the forestry sector.

3. Forest cover statistics published by the then Natural Resources and Environment Ministry showed that we are currently at 54.6%. According to the land size of the country’s three regions, Peninsular Malaysia will fall short of meeting the 50% target by approximately 0.83mil ha while Sabah and Sarawak are still comfortable. The high land-use change in the Peninsula is inevitable given its higher growth rate of population, industrialisation and urbanisation. Therefore, we need to work out a burden-sharing mechanism to ensure that as a country we will still be able to meet our collective commitment.

4. No doubt oil palm is a versatile and highly-efficient vegetable oil in terms of yield per hectare but we must not forget that we are no longer the world’s number one or the only producer. Other countries are catching up and that has already contributed to an over-supply situation that is driving down the price on top of the sustainability challenges posed by consumer markets. In fact, the previous administration has set a cap of 6mil ha to oil palm expansion by 2020 under the Economic Transformation Plan. It had to be pointed out that Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was part of the Cabinet at that time in 2009 when the ETP was endorsed. However, as a nation, we need to set politics aside and work together to find solutions to these emerging challenges.

5. The supposed reforestation deal proposed by TRCRC for both Malaysia and Norway is a strange one. TRCRC is the brain-child of the former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi and his wife Toh Puan Jean Abdullah. This outfit has been lobbying western governments during the past few conferences of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and positioning itself as a qualified entity for forestry-related climate actions in Malaysia. It is my understanding that Malaysia has already developed and submitted its action plan for the UNFCCC’s mechanism called REDD-plus (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) declaring that we are ready to implement the mechanism with international funding including bilateral ones such as with the Norwegian Government. I am puzzled where would TRCRC proposed to run its reforestation plan and the expertise and capacity it has as a relatively young NGO.

In conclusion, I would also like to propose my recommendations on the way forward.

Given the complexity of this land use issue, I would strongly call for a tri-ministerial advisory council involving the three ministries – Ministry of Primary Industries, Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources, and the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change – that oversee the relevant agencies and divisions.
This advisory council will bring us up to speed on the challenges, get our acts together and start on a clean slate to protect our forests, ensure sustainability of the timber and oil palm industries, achieving poverty eradication and equitable distribution of wealth between regions and states.

Acknowledging that land is under respective state jurisdiction, the National Land Council would have to step in to demonstrate the political will needed to resolve this long-standing issue inherited from the previous regime.

WONG TACK
Member of Parliament of Bentong cum Chairman of the Malaysian Timber Industry Board

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Kuantan, 16 May 2018.

1. Pakatan Harapan and anti-Lynas NGOs remain committed to resolve the Lynas issue.

2. Parliamentary caucus will be formed after MPs are sworn in.

3. Call for a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to be set up when Parliament sits, to conduct a thorough review/investigation on the licensing and operations of Lynas.

4. Once government is formed, to request relevant ministries to declassify all documents that we have not seen before this.

5. Send Lynas home if findings/evidence show non-compliance of local and international laws and regulations or any elements of corruption. There will be no compromise.

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On 8th July 2014, I together with 14 other green comrades were charged under the Penal Code Act for protesting in front of the toxic radioactive Lynas plant on 22nd June 2014 during Himpunan Hijau’s Shut down Lynas campaign.

Five of us were accused of rioting, with one being slapped with an additional charge of using criminal force to obstruct the duty of a police officer. Ten of us, including myself were charged for failing to disperse in an illegal assembly.

The punishment for these offenses carries an imprisonment term of up to two years or a fine or both.

For almost 4 years, the fifteen of us from across the country were forced to leave our jobs and beloved families to attend the trial in Kuantan.

The pace of the trial had accelerated recently. According to the judge, the HQ is monitoring our case closely and had given directive to conclude the case as soon as possible.

Is it fair to treat us like criminals when the real law violator ‘Lynas’ is given a free hand to do whatever they want on our land?

Is there justice when those who got charged for rioting are not the police, whom in fact are the ones who started the chaos and beat up innocent people?

The trial will continue on 27 & 28 February 2018. I will take the witness stand on the second day, the 28th.

Let’s continue to march forward and fight on. Hidup HIJAU!

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Lynas hasn’t changed! Since day one, Lynas, has been lying to the Malaysian people. The recent announcement by the CEO of Lynas, Amanda Lacaze of their so-called success in converting Lynas’ toxic radioactive wastes into farming product clearly shows that Lynas has now gone completely bankrupt in corporate credibility.

“In order to cling on to their last breath, Lynas continues to use cheap lies to cheat their way out of complying with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirement for a Permanent Disposal Facility (PDF)”, said Wong Tack chairperson of Himpunan Hijau.

He added, “It is impossible for Lynas to convert their entire toxic radioactive wastes into any commercial products

If what Lynas claimed is true, wouldn’t this be a major international scientific breakthrough and made world news? Wouldn’t the CEO of Lynas proudly announced it at a world stage rather than at a Hari Raya open house function? Wouldn’t the share price of Lynas immediately shoot through the roof with such significant announcement?”

Our demands to Lynas :

1) Tell us who are the scientists involved in this so-called research? What are their credentials and track records? Which scientific institutions are they attached to?

2) Give us the full report detailing the methodology of their so-called successful R&D in converting toxic radioactive wastes into farming products

3) Organize a public forum to meet and explain to the people, as Amanda had promised 3 years ago but yet to be fulfilled to this date.

“Lynas must stop making all these manipulative statements. Any corrupt practice and cover-ups by any government agencies on this matter will not be tolerated because our children’s well-being is at stake”, said Wong Tack.

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#NIGHTWALK

We call upon people from across the nation to come together on 18 November 2016 to commemorate the sacrifices and suffering that the GreenWalkers have gone through 4 years ago.

“Let’s walk again, this time for BERSIH”, said Wong Tack, chairperson of Himpunan Hijau.

At this critical juncture, when our country is facing the darkest time, when the peoples’ frustration is high and morale is down, we must restore the spirit of the people. We cannot afford to give up now. There’s too much at stake – the wellbeing of our children and the future of this nation.

“We must remember, change doesn’t come easy and it takes time. At times we may move forward a yard, at times just an inch. But as long as we don’t give out, step by step we will reach our destination”, said Wong Tack.

He added, “We may not be able to witness victory in our lifetime but our children will, only if we don’t give out and continue to move forward”.

On the night before the Bersih5 rally in Kuala Lumpur, let’s come together at the majestic mountainside town of Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, which is a mere 30 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur. Thousands of people and hundreds of cars are expected to be there on that night to experience another groundbreaking GREEN for YELLOW initiative.

We have put together a string of programs including performances from local artists, speeches from grassrootenvironmental groups leaders and screening of videos/slideshows. We will then embark on our mission to light up the entire hilly route from Bukit Tinggi to Genting Sempah. We hope this light will illuminate across the country and ‘shine the darkness away’.

“Let’s reignite the flame of hope in our souls and restore strength to the people”, said Wong Tack.

It will be a very spiritual moment for all, especially those who have participated in the Greenwalk. We hope to touch thousands more who have missed it previously and hope they can join us this time.

Details of event :
Date​​ : 18 November 2016
Venue​​ : Bukit Tinggi

Program :
9:00pm ​ Receive the Bersih’s Torch
Performances/ Screening of
video/slideshow/ Speeches
11:00pm ​ Walk from Bukit Tinggi to Genting
Sempah(via old road)
Convoy from Genting Sempah to
Gombak

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