Mohamad Hasan says UMNO and PAS must cooperate to defend race and religion

4.05pm: Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan addresses the crowd. He say: "let there not be any misunderstanding between the nation's two largest Malay Muslim party Umno and PAS. He said the two parties must cooperate to defend race and religion." 

4.03pm: A speaker tells the crowd that they will be speeding things up as dark clouds loom above Dataran Merdeka. 

4.01pm: Protesters leaving in droves from Dataran Merdeka and heading towards Sogo. 

3.53pm: Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman is addressing the crowd. He said: "We won’t topple the government  undemocratically. We will rise up during the next general election. If the government does not listen to our demands, we will organise a larger one."  

2.56pm: Some participants turning back to Sogo after they can’t get through to Dataran Merdeka due to the human gridlock on Jalan Raja.

2.30pm: Several women participants fainted at the rally and were carried out in stretchers by medical personnel.

2.28pm:  Some barricades near Dataran Merdeka opened to allow rally goers more space to congregate. Police keeping an eye.

-Star