It’s business as usual for Bukit Bintang, the original site in Kuala Lumpur touted for the red shirt anti-Bersih Rally tomorrow.

It was first called the 'Save Malay Pride' Assembly but now it's named the United People's Assembly.

Bukit Bintang's main road was busy with activities with Malay musicians sitting side by side with Chinese shopworkers, while Indian taxi drivers waited patiently for Arabic tourists by the roadside.

Basically just another normal night here.

Malaysiakini ’s check on Bukit Bintang found it was peaceful and busy, complete with families of tourists and clubbers strolling here as well as around Changkat Bukit Bintang, for night entertainment on the eve of Malaysia Day.

Most of them seemed not to care about tomorrow's rally as the government had already forbidden the red shirts from passing through the area or provoking racial tension.

A shopkeeper who only wanted to be known as Ah Kuan told Malaysiakini that most businesses were going to operate as usual as they were sure there would be sufficient security.

"It is a public holiday. There might be less people because of the haze, but everything is safe here," he said, confident that the infamous Low Yat Plaza brawl in July won't happen again.

In the incident on July 13, Several people, including reporters, were hurt after a gathering near Low Yat Plaza turned rowdy over petty theft case that happened earlier.

Several people were caught and charged and several others, including red shirt activist Mohd Ali Baharom or Ali Tinju, were investigated under the Sedition Act but without action being taken.

Ugly brawl

A restaurant operator near Low Yat Plaza said the night of the brawl was ugly, and hoped that tomorrow rally-goers will not do the same thing again.

"I remembered the mob shouting and throwing things. Then the police came and chased everyone out. If there are too many people, I'm afraid it might happen again," he told Malaysiakini on condition of anonymity.

Malaysian Malay NGOs Coalition chairperson Jamal Md Yunos ( photo ), who will lead the rally goers that will gather nearest to Bukit Bintang, has claimed tomorrow's rally will see 300,000 people from all across the country gathering at four checkpoints in the city before walking to Padang Merbok in the afternoon.

He also claimed the group from Jalan Conlay, about a mile from Low Yat Plaza, will consist of 80,000 people but promised they would not provoke anyone and they will be peaceful.

His cohort, Ali Tinju meanwhile warned the Chinese DAP not to provoke the rally goers or face 20,000 ex-army veterans led by him.

Police today announced it will close several major roads tomorrow including Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Kuching, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang in stages and based on need.

Participants from the above mentioned four checkpoints will start moving towards Padang Merbok after zohor prayers at 2pm.

Activities to be held during the rally remain unclear but participants are expected to listen to various speeches as well as participate in communal prayers.