URA protestors gather outside Parliament again

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Over a hundred protesters against the controversial proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA) have gathered outside the gates of Parliament again as tensions rise ahead of the second reading of the Bill at Parliament on Thursday (Aug 28).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/us3732xz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Over a hundred protesters gathered outside parliament again on Thursday to push for the

00:08withdrawal of the proposed Urban Renewal Act. They began their march to parliament from Tugu

00:14Nagara in the morning and shouted demands for the bill to be retracted from the second reading.

00:20At the entrance of the parliament building, the crowd was met by a group of lawmakers,

00:24led by opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamza Zainuddin, after a few hours of gathering there.

00:31Hamza said the lawmakers know that people want the law to provide fair compensation that must be

00:36properly handled by a responsible agency. He said vague benefits are being proposed without specifying

00:43who will oversee the process, and that is one of the reasons why the lawmakers do not agree with

00:49the bill. He said the bill also failed to address the needs of the minority who do not want to

00:54redevelop their housing. The protesters also staged a similar rally on Tuesday, where they handed over

01:01their memorandum to Deputy Housing and Local Development Minister Ayman Athira Sabu. Another

01:07group of people also showed their support for the bill on Wednesday, where they handed over their

01:12documents to Housing and Local Development Minister Ngakor Ming. The minister proceeded with the bill for

01:18the second reading, but there were no debates, and voting as the Dewan Rakyat proceeding adjourned on

01:24Thursday and will reconvene in October.

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