Kuala Lampur, March 16 -- Urban renewal has been much the talk of the town.

Criticisms have rained on the government's proposed legislation on urban renewal. PAS and its allies in Perikatan Nasional have opposed the proposed legislation, claiming it could displace poor urban Malays from their homes.

On February 26, PAS deputy youth chief Mohd Hafez Sabri said the party was planning to hold a mega rally against the proposed legislation.

In response, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim warned parties not to use the freedom to protest to spread misinformation in the name of Islam and the Malays.

Accusing the Islamist party of harbouring ill intentions towards the government, the prime minister said the proposed legislation is meant t...