Small businesses have been riding on the Bersih 3.0's April 28 rally by selling its theme T-shirts on the Internet soon after it was announced last week.

NONE They are also cashing in Himpunan Hijau's T-shirt as the coalition will also be joining the rally and vowed to bring a "green tsunami in a sea of yellow" in Dataran Merdeka.

A check on social networking site Facebook shows that at least five types of Bersih 3.0 T-shirts of varying designs are already on sale, despite the coalition releasing its own official T-shirt.

These custom-made T-shirts that have been put on sale display the Bersih 3.0 logo and its trademark red tick, are priced between RM15 and RM30 each.

Design template on the Internet

NONE Asked to comment on this, one of the Bersih 3.0 coordinators, Maria Chin Abdullah, said she welcomed efforts to make the yellow T-shirts more popular so long as the eight demands for electoral reform made by the coalition are included.

"There are many types of nice designs available on the Internet, but it's good if the individuals involved include our eight demands on their T-shirts because these make the core call for our April 28 rally.

"Our main objective is to make sure everybody gets a yellow T-shirt and that we all will wear it to Dataran Merdeka on April 28," Maria said.

NONE She said the coalition put up its design template on Facebook for this purpose, as it has produced only 1,000 T-shirts for the event.

"Our only request is that they sell it at a reasonable price so that everybody wanting one can afford it," she added.

T-shirts with a heart

Budding entrepreneur Cheng Fui Lien, whose adult and children's T-shirts for Bersih 3.0 come with a heart shape , said she wanted to convey the message that this would be a peaceful rally meant for the entire family.

Cheng said all her 1,000 T-shirts have been sold out and she is considering ordering more.

Meanwhile, the concerned citizens who assisted Bersih in conducting its workshop on electoral reform said part of the profit made from their T-shirts would go to funding these workshops.

NONE Kuantan-based Sam Ka Heng, who produced 1,000 T-shirts for Himpunan Hijau 3.0, said the rally organisers have turned down his offer to share the profit from the sales.

"They only asked me to mobilise more people to go Kuala Lumpur on April 28, so that the agenda against the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant will be served," Sam told Malaysiakini in a telephone interview.

He said he conceived the idea to print the T-shirts after failing to get one in the last green rally in Kuantan two months ago.