Cops question activist on hunger strike

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KUALA LUMPUR: Activist Nathaniel Tan, who has gone on hunger strike since yesterday afternoon at Taman Tun Dr Ismail due to the worsening political instability and health crisis, has been questioned by police for his action.

He told FMT that some 10 policemen, with one officer carrying a submachine gun, visited him.

“They were not threatening but they started asking questions.

“They wanted to know what I am doing here and what the hunger strike is for,” he said.

Tan said more policemen are expected to question him later today.



He said he was feeling weaker but would not eat any food. “I will survive on water.”

On his decision to go on a hunger strike, he said it was time for action. “Enough talk. Enough press statements. Enough WhatsApp chats.”

He said freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi had brought the British Empire to its knees without firing a single shot.


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