Friday the 13th nightmare in downtown KL

malaysianinsider - [...] It started at 2pm, right after Friday prayers, in the compound of the "legendary" Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru, about 3km away from the national oil company, Petronas's headquarters in KLCC.

The original idea was to walk from the mosque to KLCC along Jalan Raja Abdullah, turn into Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang before stopping at the main entrance of the iconic building.

But PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar had received word of heavy police presence at KLCC. So they resorted to Plan B.

Instead of KLCC, their end destination was the Sogo shopping mall along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, another artery in the heart of the hectic city.

Despite the mass of people, it was a relatively peaceful protest. They walked and chanted many slogans, like at a sports meet.

"Tumbang BN! Tumbang Umno!" "Turun harga! Undur PM! Hapus rasuah!" "Allah hu akhbar!"... selanjutnya.