Himpunan Hijau 2.0 gave BN the ultimatum

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About 15,000 people had gathered at the Kuantan Municipal field today to participate in the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 in protest against the construction of the Lynas Advanced Material rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang.

The Himpunan Hijau 2.0 rally had also issued an ultimatum to the Pahang Umno state government and the BN federal government to either close the radioactive plant or face another Himpunan Hijau 3.0 with a larger crowd of protesters.

The Himpunan Hijau 2.0 organizing committee said that they had no other choice but to proceed with the rally to protest against the rare earth plant as the government had choose to ignore the plight of the people and those who are all very concern of the environmental aspects and impacts should the said plant is allowed to proceed with its operations.

Is the Pahang state government and the federal government as well hiding something away from the public? Why are they so ignorant of the people's concern and plight?

Why are these BN and Umno leaders keeping mum on our people's highlights? Why are these ruling elites not transparent on the deal which they had sealed with Lynas even before the later commence its construction?

The people now are suspecting that these BN leaders too have some business interests with Lynas and that is why both the state and federal governments choose not to deal nor have any dialogue with our people.

It shows that these BN leaders are merely focusing on self-interest in order to further enrich themselves rather than serving the people at large. These BN leaders do not really care if those people there are exposed to the radioactive materials or somehow any leakage that might take place.

It is situated in Pahang, where Pekan is the hometown of Umno president and prime minister Najib Razak. We wonder what will be his reaction if Lynas were to construct the rare earth plant exactly next to his family's home.

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