July 26 rally: Slow business along Jalan TAR

The Star

The “Turun Anwar” rally brought thousands of protesters to Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (July 26), calling for political change. However, business operators along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman said the demonstration had taken a toll on their livelihood.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As roads were closed for the Turun Anwar rally,

00:05many businesses along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur

00:08also shut their doors, citing safety concerns and lack of foot traffic.

00:13Those that opted to open have reported zero customers since morning.

00:18The traders said weekend business would usually mean steady income for them,

00:22but the customers were missing,

00:24as most people in the area had come solely for the protest.

00:30This is not the result, because many people are not buying.

00:35They are not the ones who do the demo.

00:37The effect of them is for us, for us, for us, at Jalan Tuanku.

00:43If there are demonstrations like this, there are no customers.

00:46People are afraid to go to KL.

00:49Today, with the meeting,

00:52it was a very effect of business because we didn't have a customer.

00:58And we hope that this person doesn't ruin anything.

01:02We hope that everything is smooth to them and to us.

01:07So, today is like a bit different from other days.

01:10Normally, Sunday is quite...

01:13Saturday, Sunday, normally our business is picked up a bit,

01:16but today is a bit slow because I think the customer is very scared to come to Jalan Tuanku.

01:21Because the road is closed, and some people are very scared because they're not used to, maybe.

01:27That's why they don't want to come to Jalan Tuanku.

01:29The Turun Anwar rally drew thousands of protesters to Dataran Merdeka,

01:34calling for political reform.

01:35Then we have to go to Jalan Tuanku.

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