The Bersih movement had received funds from the George Soros-linked Open Society Foundation only once, which was for an electoral delineation project last year, said Bersih chairman Datuk S. Ambiga.
Present were representatives from five other non-governmental groups the Centre for Independent Journalism, Lawyers for Liberty, Merdeka Centre, Southeast Centre for E-Media and Suaram.
Ambiga said the Open Society promoted democracy and there was “nothing wrong” receiving funds from it.Ambiga said there were many sides to the story, with some saying that locals not Soros were responsible for it.
In a statement released at the end of the press conference, Bersih and the other groups claimed that the report in the daily was a crude attack on civil society in Malaysia.
LA: Ambiga said "nothing wrong" but for malaysians this is a big mistakes, and malaysians still remember what happened in 1998.
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