ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – The “Malay Proclamation” rally – originally set for today involving former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad – has been called off for now.
The Malay Proclamation secretariat said the organisers were again unable to secure the venue.
In a statement issued yesterday, the organisers said the hall management where the event was supposed to be held did not provide any reason for cancelling their venue booking. The first venue booked was a hotel near the Petronas Twin Towers and that was cancelled.
“The programme involving statesman Mahathir, which is due to be held tomorrow, faced difficulties when the first venue of the event, which was booked earlier, was cancelled due to technical issues,” they said.
“The organisers then were forced to find a new venue,” they added. “However, the booking of the second venue, too, was cancelled, and the management of the hall informed us of this at 9am – 24 hours before the event was due to begin”.
“No reasons were given for the cancellation,” said the secretariat.
