Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman on Monday (July 1) completed his 200km Langkah Muar run - a movement to seek justice for Opposition constituencies he claims were deprived of funding.
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00:00This is a video of the people protesting in front of the police station.
00:31The police is coming in.
00:34This is parliament. It's our place.
00:41We have to go to parliament.
00:43Step by step.
00:45Step by step.
00:48Step by step.
00:51Step by step.
00:53Everywhere.
00:56Step by step.
01:01Step by step.
01:04Step by step.
01:10Peace be upon you.
01:12If you are in the government's parliament, you will get RM20 million.
01:19But in the opposition's parliament, you will get RM0.
01:23They want to open a service centre.
01:25They want to recruit officers.
01:27They want to provide charity.
01:29Like wheelchairs, pampers, formula milk.
01:32All of that is denied.
01:34That's why this is a very urgent matter.
01:37It should have been done before the election.
01:42But after the election, it was forgotten.
01:45And the reformation was done just like that.
01:48That's why in this case,
01:50through my small efforts,
01:52I started at MUA to demand a fair election.
01:57And don't use the excuse that the election is over.
02:01I can say that the election has been held many times.
02:03Not once, twice, three times.
02:06But I don't think this is about the election.
02:09But this is about the politics of revenge.
02:11They want to punish the people in the opposition's area.
02:16And I think this is wrong.
02:19And we need to fight this together.
02:21I want to give some feedback on the current development.
02:25I just checked.
02:27Alhamdulillah, the funding for the MUA service centre
02:32has exceeded RM160,000.
02:35Far beyond the RM100,000 target that we set.
02:40And to be honest, everyone is indebted.
02:44Yesterday, when I checked,
02:46there were more than 2,000 donations from Malaysians.
02:50But what impressed me the most
02:52was not just the donations through the internet.
02:55I think many of them followed the development through live.
02:58While running, many stopped.
03:00They gave RM50, RM100, RM50, RM10.
03:03Some even gave RM1.
03:05That was quite extraordinary.
03:07It was so extraordinary because
03:09when I met them, I was quite sure
03:11they had never met me physically before this.
03:13Most probably, they had never set foot in the MUA.
03:16Or they had no acquaintance or family in the MUA.
03:18But they still had the same aspirations.
03:21And that's why I think this is not just about the MUA,
03:25but about Malaysia as a whole.
03:27Because the people in the MUA,
03:29the people in Macang, the people in Putrajaya,
03:31the people in Katera,
03:33there are a lot of them if I'm not mistaken.
03:35All of them.
03:37These are Malaysians who pay the interest,
03:39who are entitled to justice,
03:41who are obligated to be helped.
03:43Don't punish them for political reasons.
03:45And I would like to thank
03:47the people of Pembangkang block,
03:49from the National Brigade. There are a lot of them here.
03:51The MUA is not our flag, but the flag of the people.
03:53That's right. This is not about the MPs.
03:55This is about the hardworking people
03:57in the Pembangkang parliament.
03:59We are all here together.
04:01Here, we are all in agreement
04:03to demand and demand
04:05that this right be returned.
04:07Don't deny it for political reasons.
04:09That's not fair. That's cruel.
04:11That's wrong.
04:13What is your experience
04:15in this 200km run?
04:17What impresses me the most
04:19is
04:21especially when I went through
04:23the Melaka-Seremban route.
04:25Because there are
04:27a lot of houses on the side of the road.
04:31It doesn't matter if it's hot
04:33during the day or
04:35late at night.
04:37There are a lot of families
04:39who go out of their homes
04:41and wait on the side of the road.
04:43There are a lot of cars parked
04:45on the side of the road.
04:47Some give donations.
04:49Some bring food.
04:51Some bring dinner.
04:53There's a lot of food.
04:55I can't take it all.
04:57But this really inspires me.
04:59As I said earlier,
05:01they've never set foot
05:03in the MUA.
05:05They feel the pain
05:07that other people feel.
05:09Because in the future,
05:11we'll be close to each other.
05:13That's the spirit of the Malaysian family.
05:17I won't forget that.
05:19Lastly,
05:21when I entered
05:23Selangor,
05:25there was an old man
05:27who was riding a motorcycle.
05:29He came
05:31and gave a lot of money.
05:33I was shocked.
05:37He lives in the village.
05:39It's obvious that
05:41he's from a wealthy family.
05:43He doesn't have a big car.
05:45I'm sorry.
05:47This is all we can do.
05:49I feel guilty
05:51and touched.
05:53Because they probably
05:55have their own
05:57struggles in life.
05:59But they're willing to give.
06:01This will stay in my heart
06:03and I won't forget it.
06:05I'll do my best
06:07to serve them
06:09as best as I can.
06:11How's your leg?
06:13Are you going to the hospital?
06:15I went to the physiotherapist
06:17last night.
06:19It's better now.
06:21But in a few days,
06:23I'll have to go again.
06:25We've been running for 5km
06:27to support Langkawi MUA.
06:30Stop!
06:32Stop!
06:34Stop!
06:36The people's law!
06:38The people's law!
06:40Stop!
06:42Treat the people well!
06:44Treat the people well!
06:46Long live!
06:48Long live the people!
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