Minister denies renting crowd for Putrajaya youth rally


People attend a "Million Youth Rally" in Putrajaya May 26, 2012. Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 11 The Youth as well as Sports Ministry has denied charity money to youths to attend a Million Youth Rally in Putrajaya final month.
Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek pronounced only volunteers were given a RM15 allowance, that came in a form of a food banking redeemable at a stalls at a rally.
"About 20,000 volunteers comprising scouts, i-Volunteers as well as Rakan Muda, were concerned in you do a cleaning-up as well as so on. We did not wish it to be like a Bersih rally... they did not clear a mess," he told reporters at a parliament lobby today.
He pronounced claims by visitors from some states that they were offered an stipend by a method to attend a convene were unfounded as well as untrue.
"The money they perceived was not from a ministry. It was presumably from a non-governmental organization or association that sponsored as well as brought them there," he said.
He pronounced an allocation of about RM4 million was set in reserve to mobilise a volunteers though a tangible volume utilised would only be known in a month's time.
"The expenses at a convene were less than what you estimated. In fact, you additionally perceived a contribution of almost RM28 million from a in isolation sector to make a event a success," he said.
On a argumentative K-Pop opening during a rally, Shabery pronounced a method would in destiny seek a views of a public before organising such activities.
"We will additionally be some-more punctilious as well as noisy on performers' attire, generally of artistes from outward a country," he said. Bernama
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