About 30 protesters cycled around downtown Kuala Lumpur today as part of the Kita Lawan rally, which has been held every Saturday since Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim went to jail.

 

Among the cyclists was Anwar's daughter Nurul Nuha, who found riding alongside those who support the movement which seeks to free her father, an emotional experience.

 

"(My father) is the person who taught me how to ride [...] when I was seven or eight.

 

"His spirit is always with us," Nurul Nuha said before getting choked up, taking a moment to compose herself.

 

"I get emotional when I talk about him," she explained.

 

Anwar started serving a five-year jail sentence on Feb 10 for sodomising his aide Saiful Bukhari, having lost his appeal at the apex court.

 

His detention sparked the Kita Lawan rallies, which in the two months since it kicked off, peaked on March 7, attracting about 10,000 people.

 

The number of participants at each subsequent rally has dropped dramatically, but Nurul Nuha believes support for Anwar is only growing stronger.

 

"Alhamdulillah it is going well. As you can see, people are coming down (to support him and Kita Lawan)," she told reporters after the ride.

 

When asked if the fighting between former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was distracting people from Anwar, Nurul Nuha replied that it wasn't really that important.

 

"For me, personally, it is a distraction, but it doesn't affect me as a rakyat, so I leave it up to them [...] they can bicker all they want," she said.

 

The candidate for Permatang Pauh?

 

Nurul Nuha refused to confirm or deny if she would be contesting in the Permatang Pauh by-election.

 

"Wait and see, because the party has not decided who the candidate is," she said.

 

The Kita Lawan rally today ( right ) focused on abolishing GST for sporting events and goods, which they said would burden the youth.

 

The 30 protesters, about 10 of whom were on motorbikes, rode from Dataran Merdeka to Sogo shopping mall, KLCC, Bukit Bintang, Puduraya, and back.

 

When asked about the poor turnout, Kita Lawan committee member Akmal Nasir said numbers were not important, as long as the message is alive.

 

He said the movement will hold rallies in Pahang and Penang next week in conjunction with the Rompin and Permatang Pauh by-elections.