An NGO has deemed the three-day “solidarity” food fest held at Dataran Merdeka this weekend as appalling and out of touch, and demanded that its organisers apologise and shut it down.

Gerakan Gabungan Anti-Imperalis (Gegar) said the food festival appeared as a means for opportunists to exploit and profit from the Palestinians’ sufferings, even when the organisers or vendors may not have such intentions.