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To all Malaysians living in the Federal Territories, "Happy Federal Territory Day". Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur was once a part of the state of Selangor, it was ceded to the Federal government in Feb 1, 1974 to be the administrative and capital of the Federal of Malaysia.
Citizens voting in the Federal Territories can only elect their Parliamentary Representative, and unfortunately have no direct way to elect their local government. And Members of Parliament from the Territories have no direct representative in the local council also, and therefore there's a disconnection between the voters (especially rate payers) with the local government.
Following the principle of "no taxation without representation", I believe the rights of voters/rate payers have been denied. So, in this day of remembrance, let us be reminded of our rights!
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