Outrages by yet another case of negligence towards the disabled community, over 50 people with disabilities and seven non-governmental organisations staged a protest outside Kuala Lumpur City Hall headquarters on Wed (March 12), demanding urgent action to protect their right to safe and accessible public spaces.
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00:00Outraged by yet another case of negligence towards the disabled community, over 50 people
00:11with disabilities, supported by seven non-governmental organizations, gathered outside Kuala Lumpur
00:18City Hall headquarters on Wednesday to protest the ongoing negligence of accessibility rights.
00:25The demonstration demanded immediate action to ensure safe and accessible public spaces.
00:31The protest was triggered by a recent incident involving 40-year-old Anbarasi Nyanasekaran,
00:36a visually impaired woman who broke her leg after tripping over a trolley left on a pedestrian
00:42walkway in Brickfields.
00:44The trolley had been placed there by a shop for loading goods.
00:47The injury has left Anbarasi wheelchair-bound and unable to work.
00:51She was accompanied by her husband, who is also visually impaired, when the accident
00:56occurred.
00:57This incident has intensified frustration among the disabled community, who argued that
01:02accessibility features meant to help them, particularly tactile blocks, have become hazardous
01:09due to a lack of enforcement.
01:12Protesters presented a memorandum to the City Hall, calling for strict action against businesses
01:16and individuals who illegally obstruct walkways.
01:21In the absence of Mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohamad Sharif, who was overseas, the memorandum
01:26was received by Nohas Linda Nordin, Director of DBKL's Corporate Communications Department.
01:33Hemavati Munyandi, a wheelchair user at the protest, expressed her dismay and questioned
01:38when will the authorities take the plight of the disabled community seriously.
01:42I heard about what happened to Anbarasi.
01:46It's not fair.
01:47Because the DBKL should open their eyes and look at what happened.
01:51What means for us?
01:52Let us to use law.
01:54Because nobody want to ask for our rights.
01:58Sixty-five-year-old quadriplegic president of Independent Living and Training Centre,
02:03Malaysia, G Francis Siva, emphasised that this was not an isolated incident, but a widespread
02:10problem.
02:11He adds everywhere they go, they face obstacles, tactile blocks blocked by parked cars, stalls
02:17encroaching on walkways, and illegal structures forcing them onto the road, putting their
02:23lives at risk.