[Watch] Waited All Night For A Seat At The Merdeka Parade, Then Watched Someone Climb Over The Fence To Take It
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Dataran Putrajaya's vending zone was littered with snack wrappers, drink cans, and plastic bottles after the 69th National Day celebrations, despite RM2,000 fines and waste management agency SWCorp's enforcement deployed on the ground.
From the original report
Gates at Dataran Putrajaya were scheduled to open at 7 am on Merdeka Day.
Some attendees had been on the ground since the previous afternoon — by the time the crowd reached its limit, the queue was gone, and so were the fences.
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- Aug 31, 2026
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- Aug 31, 2026
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