Ku Nan officiating the Laman@Eco Sky park.
KUALA LUMPUR: The organisers of Bersih 4.0 can do whatever they like - shout and even go naked - if they hold their rally in a 'closed area,' said Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
But they will not be allowed to hold the rally "in public," he said. The Bersih 4.0 rally is planned for Aug 29 and 30.
"We don’t want them to come out in the open, if they want to do it (the rally), they can go to any stadium they want.
"You want to shout, you want to be naked you can do whatever you want," Tengku Adnan told reporters after officiating the Laman@Eco Sky park upgraded here on Thursday.
"We are not giving them permission to do it at Dataran Merdeka or Padang Merbok.
"They asked us for a place for their demonstration and the government has allowed them to tunjuk rasa (show their feelings) in a contained place, not a public place.
“You must always remember Malaysia is multi-racial, multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religion.
“What happens if someone crazy does something untoward; what would happen to this country? Do we want to take that risk?” he said.
Tengku Adnan added that Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Mohd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz had issued a statement on the Bersih 4.0 rally.
“So we will leave it to the police; we have already said no because the Dataran Merdeka has historic value, used for National Day and we are not going to allow them," he said.
City police have also not allowed the rally to go on now that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has not allowed the gathering to be held at Dataran Merdeka and Padang Merbok.
Bersih 2.0 chairman Maria Chin Abdullah is adamant about going ahead with the rally to be held in the vicinity of Dataran Merdeka, saying it would not interfere with preparations for the Merdeka Day parade.
