Sunday, November 25, 2012

Salutation 至高敬意

Marchers stopping in front of Merdeka Square

My greatest respect and salutation to the Himpunan Hijau (Green March) 300-km "Stop Lynas" marchers for their dedication, commitment and sacrifices in the first ever civil right long-march in the country.

Started 13 days ago from Kuantan with about 70 marchers, it snow-balled into 20,000 marchers at the final destination - Merdeka Square (Dataran Merdeka) in Kuala Lumpur this evening.

The KL City Hall, as expected, cordoned off the square under the guise of "renovation", did not allowed the marchers to camp overnight at the square.

The Anti-Lynas marchers demanded a response from Prime Minister Najib on the issue of Banning Lynas Rare Earth procession plant in Kuantan.

With deep regrets, due to personal reason, I was not able to join the Kuala Lumpur segment of the march.

(Stop Lynas Facebook website) 
 

谨向“反对莱纳斯稀土毒厂” 300 公里绿色苦行反毒的所有参加者,对他们的坚持,勇敢及付出,致上最高的敬意。

十三天前,在彭亨州的关丹,70人左右开始了这个关丹到吉隆坡300公里步行壮举,沿途受到各市镇人民的支持及接待。

今天傍晚,苦行队伍滚雪球般的总共有20,000(二万)参与者,抵达了最终目的地 - 吉隆坡独立广场。

正如意料,吉隆坡市政府把这广场围绕设障,警察封锁了广场,阻止步行者进入。

这是马来西亚有史以来,第一次长途的人权步行抗议,反对澳洲莱纳斯公司在关丹地区建立稀土提炼厂。

步行抗议主办当局期待立法,国会议员及首相纳吉等,在明天(星期一)与他们对话。

我因个人的原因,很遗憾的不能参加这300公里苦行的吉隆坡阶段, 不过,我的心还是与他们在一起。

(反对莱纳斯稀土毒厂面子书Facebook网页)

 

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