Government and religious leaders and members of NGOs make their way to the Sogo shopping centre before the march to Dataran Merdeka.
Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department P Waytha Moorthy and Mujahid Yusof Rawa leading the march to Dataran Merdeka. On the left is Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah.
The rally, aimed at sending a message to the world that Malaysians reject any violence following the New Zealand mosque massacre that left 50 people killed, will go on until 11.30am. The crowd, led by ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa and P Waytha Moorthy, held banners and chanted slogans rejecting extremism.
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