It called on students and other young Malaysians to gather at the shopping complex by 2pm to make their voices heard over the hike in the prices of goods.

“The people are suffering, but ministers are still getting handsome salaries. See you all at Sogo at 2pm this Saturday,” it said in a message through its Telegram channel.

The group said it would be demanding for ministers to take pay cuts, subsidy measures to be maintained, bigger cash aid for the needy, and for the government to control the price of goods and ensure food security.

It also said the government’s special committee to wage “jihad” on inflation, led by communications and multimedia minister Annuar Musa, had failed to do anything about the matter despite being formed three weeks ago.

“Aside from visiting morning markets and sundry shops, the members of the committee, who are also Cabinet members, do not have any new and effective ideas to control the prices of goods and help the people,” it said.

In July last year, hundreds of protesters clad in black gathered outside Masjid Jamek to march to Dataran Merdeka for the #Lawan protest.

The protesters had called for the resignation of then prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin would eventually resign as prime minister in the middle of August after several Umno MPs retracted their support for him, with Ismail Sabri Yaakob going on to take over the top post.