Seven years later, #TangkapNajib protest finally paid off – Muda co-founder

SHAH ALAM - The #TangkapNajib protest in 2015 to call for action over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd has finally paid off and those involved in the protest can breathe a sigh of relief over Datuk Seri Najib Razak being sentenced to 12 years in jail, today.

Muda co-founder Amir Abdul Hadi said that the news of Najib being sent to Sungai Buloh prison was proof that the protest conducted seven years ago did not end in vain.

He shared the mistreatment faced by the 29 protestors detained at the rally and expressed that the feelings were hard to describe.

“(In) 2015, we were arrested and roughed up for #TangkapNajib protest related to the 1MDB scandal.

“(We spent) days in lockup. Eating cat food, sitting huddled with other prisoners, not knowing day and night.

“Today, Najib will be put in jail and only God knows how we feel,” he tweeted.

Through his Instagram post, he added that there were no fights that ended up with failure although many years have passed since the rally.

In August 2015, the #TangkapNajib protest in downtown Kuala Lumpur saw 29 people arrested.

Half an hour before the rally began, some 80 police officers and several police trucks were already deployed outside Sogo shopping mall, the site of the protest.

Among those arrested include activist Anne Ooi, better known as 'Auntie Bersih', Klang MP Charles Santiago's aide Jay Jay Dennis, and student activist Fahmi Zainol.

Earlier, a five-man Federal Court bench today upheld Najib’s conviction and sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International funds.

Najib was convicted, sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined RM210 million by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on July 28, 2020.