It’s the sort of crowd pulled in by big events in quiet Ipoh; football finales, Jom Heboh events etc. I’m guessing from the capacity of Stadium Perak of 30,000 when the stands are fully packed, we can easily assume MORE than 30,000 people attended the speech by 5 Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besars on this memorable Black 14. I swear I could’ve heard the announcement that the crowd last night at Stadium Perak reached 70,000 strong but that number sounds too exaggerating for me.

Initially, the speakers are supposedly Menteri Besar from 5 PR states. Unfortunately, only two Menteri Besar were present, Kedah and Perak. 3 other states sent their representatives instead. So the final line-up of speakers were: Datuk Dr Hassan Ali (MB Selangor rep), Nga Kor Ming (Chief Minister Penang rep), Ust Azizan Razak (MB Kedah), Ir Mohd Nizar (MB Perak) dan Datuk Husam Musa (MB Kelantan rep).

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