In 1984, Kit Siang led a march to save Malacca’s hilltop cemetery.
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Chapter 33 of ‘Lim Kit Siang: Malaysian First, Volume One: None But the Bold’, a new biography by Kee Thuan Chye.
Tan Kok Wai, who was then national secretary of DAP Socialist Youth and organising chairman of the cyclethon, remembers that occasion to be “quite an experience”. Early that morning, Vincent, Kok Wai, Ronnie Liu and a group of cyclists set off from Cheras, led by Lee Lam Thye and Liew Ah Kim, who was the secretary of the ‘Save Bukit China’ national campaign’s committee.
All went well until they were stopped by police at Pulau Sebang in Alor Gajah. The police seized their bicycles and their bus on the allegation that the group was taking part in an...Millions depend on Malaysiakini for the truth. Millions depend on Malaysiakini for quality journalism. Millions depend on Malaysiakini to stand in honour of integrity and justice.
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