KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has cautioned against any attempts to challenge the government by organising protests against the Urban Renewal Bill (URA).
He said the government’s efforts in drafting the bill were aimed at improving the well-being of the underprivileged, who have been forced to live in rundown, cramped flats with only one room and one bathroom in Kuala Lumpur.
“We want to use this legislation to redevelop housing areas so that Malays in Kuala Lumpur, for example, no longer have to live in the same cramped one-room flats even after 50 or 60 years. Yet, some are opposing it and planning protests.
“Let me be clear – do not challenge us. We are fighting for the poor, the majority of whom are Malays, along with a segment of Indians and some Chinese. Yet, you seek to disrupt these efforts.
“If they insist on holding protests, we can fill an entire stadium with supporters to defend policies that uplift the Malays,” Anwar said firmly, while officiating the MARA MADANI Waqf event, at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur today.
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