Black flags and 'dead bodies' at Dataran Merdeka flash mob

Fourteen black flags were waved in the breeze and effigies of five "dead bodies" wrapped in white shrouds were laid out at Dataran Merdeka as part of a flash mob organised by Sekretariat Solidariti Rakyat (SSR) today.

In a statement, the group said the effigies represented the increasing death toll from Covid-19, as well as suicide cases.

Accompanying the effigies was a banner that read "Kita mati dalam derhaka" (We die in treason) with the hashtag #keluardanlawan (go out and fight).

The banner was inspired by a poem by the...