Fourteen black flags were waved in the breeze and effigies of five "dead bodies" wrapped in white shrouds were laid out at Dataran Merdeka as part of a flash mob organised by Sekretariat Solidariti Rakyat (SSR) today.

In a statement, the group said the effigies represented the increasing death toll from Covid-19, as well as suicide cases.

Accompanying the effigies was a banner that read "Kita mati dalam derhaka" (We die in treason) with the hashtag #keluardanlawan (go out and fight).

The banner was inspired by a poem by the...