Malay Chamber, GPMS torched Penang CM effigy at demo
Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce and National Malay Students Federation (GPMS) demonstrators torched an effigy of Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng on Friday over what they claimed discrimination against the Malays.
The organisers for the protest today, claimed the local council had acted in a discriminatory manner when it tore down several unlicensed hawker stalls in the state, media reports said.
The demonstration which held before Friday prayers, started at a nearby mosque and proceeded to the state government offices in the Komtar building shortly in an attempt to deliver a memorandum of protest to Lim.
Several politicians including Perkasa founder, Datuk Ibrahim Ali reported to be taking part in the in the demonstration.
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