They will fast for 100 hours at Dataran Merdeka in support of Himpunan Hijau’s Green Drive convoy.
PETALING
JAYA: A group of young Malaysians will go on a 100-hour hunger strike
next Thursday as a prelude to Himpunan Hijau’s “Green Drive” from Kuala
Lumpur to Gebeng against the Lynas rare earth plant.
The hunger strikers, calling themselves Malaysian Youth Against
Public Hazards, will camp at Dataran Merdeka during their fast.
Currently, there are 20 of them, but a spokesman said he expected the
number to swell by Dec 27. They are mostly teenagers, the youngest being
14 year-old.
The Himpunan Hijau programme will start at Taman Melewar at 8am on
Dec 31. The group’s leader, Wong Tack, told a press conference today
that he expected about 10,000 cars to take part, at least by the time
the convoy reaches Gebeng.
The two groups are seeking a withdrawal of the temporary operating
licence that the government has issued to Lynas. They are also demanding
public access to the detailed environment impact assessment of the
Gebeng plant.
“We are carrying out a campaign for 100 days to bring down Lynas and
to bring down the dark forces behind the corrupt regime,” Wong told
reporters.
He alleged that Lynas’ operations would soon extend beyond the
processing of rare earths to the processing of radioactive wastes.
He criticised the authorities for allowing these “violations of law
and procedures” and lamented that “the regulators have turned into
violators themselves”.
He said Himpunan Hijau’s objective was to send the “clearest message
to the nation and the world that foreign corporate coloniser must be
immediately evicted from this country and the dark forces behind them
must be exposed and removed from position and power”.
The Green Drive will retrace the route of last month’s Green Walk
from Kuantan. The participants will rest at Bentong and hear speeches by
representatives of civic groups as well as politicians.
The convoy is expected to arrive in Gebeng by 5pm.
In the evening, more activities will take place at the Anti-Lynas Blockade Base Camp in Balok.
“We will do everything we can within these 100 days to bring down
Lynas and prevent the corrupt regime from returning to Putrajaya,” Wong
said.
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