MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB PRAISES PEOPLE FOR OPPOSING THE ILLEGAL RALLY

PUTRAJAYA, July 9 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Tun Razak
praised the people who attended the launching of the National Cooperatives Day
2011, here Saturday which showed that the people opposed the illegal rally
organised by a small group of people in the country.

"It's obvious that the thousands who are present (here today) are those who
are against the illegal rally planned by a section of our community.

"If there are people who want to hold the illegal rally, there are even more
who are against their plan to hold the illegal gathering," he said when
launching the National Cooperatives Day 2011.

Also present was the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and
Consumerism Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

So far, the police had detained 236 people in several locations around Kuala
Lumpur who were suspected of planning to join the illegal rally.

-- BERNAMA