From http:// twitter.com/limkitsiang
26/05/09 16:19
Have to run from Thai Parliament and the twitter of the disgraceful police episode today from Bangkok ends here as well
26/05/09 16:18
All 14 heroes and heroines walking out now to the Ipoh police hqrs gate – to close another Day of Infamy in the Perak capital.
26/05/09 16:17
Yes, Kula the 14th and last to be released, on personal bond of RM1,000 and to report back to the police station on 26/6/09
26/05/09 16:16
MP Ipoh Barat Kulasegaran – where are you?
26/05/09 16:15
Assemblywoman Lim Pek Har 13th to be released
26/05/09 16:14
Most famous Speaker in the Commonweath V. Sivakumar signed and released
26/05/09 16:11
11th – Chan Gee Keong
26/05/09 16:10
Wasu next
26/05/09 16:10
limkitsiang: Chai Sing Fatt the ninth out
26/05/09 16:09
Eighth is M. Faisal
26/05/09 16:08
Chan Ming Kai the seventh to be released
26/05/09 16:08
Then Choo Ooi Beng released
26/05/09 16:07
Vikneswary signing her bond – No. 5
26/05/09 16:07
Keshvinder Singh next to sign
26/05/09 16:06
Thomas Su Keong Siong third to sign
26/05/09 16:06
Leong Mei Ming second to sign
26/05/09 16:05
First to sign Chang Lih Kang…
26/05/09 16:04
Latest from Ipoh – one by one signing bond papers now …police told them to go out one by one.
26/05/09 15:55
Police have agreed the arrested be released on own personal bond. Should be out of police custody any time now – after 5 hrs of arrest
26/05/09 15:06
Police demand bailors for the detained while elected reps ask for release on personal bond. Police are being most unreasonable.
26/05/09 15:00
Arrested elected reps waited for more than an hour for release after giving statement. is this Najib’s “Performnce NOW”. slogan?
26/05/09 14:25
The 14 arrested enticed with food and told that they can order for better food like KFC but they are not biting. “We are fasting man!”
26, 2009 14:20
Arrested elected reps told by DSP Glenn that they are arrested under s.27 of Police Act i.e. illegal assembly and procession
26/05/09 14:17
Speaker V.Sivakumar said he is disappointed that the police arrest him when he was on his way to take his car. He is still in police custody
26/05/09 14:14
Police have finished taking statements from the detained elected reps. Why are they still being detained? Have police nothing better to do?
26/05/09 13:46
C Kraisak Chair Thai Parliament Cttee Pol Dvelpmnt shocked such police outrage can happen in Malaysia. Thot it happens only in Thailand
26/05/09 12:36
In Bangkok twittering from Thai capital. Just informed that Myanmar junta extended Aung San Suu Kyi’s 6-yr illegal detention by another 6 mths!
26/05/09 12:33
Police offering detainees food now. However, they are fasting. Thanks for their nice gestures!
26/05/09 12:28
15 arrested – 1 MP, Speaker, 6 State Assembly members, 3 PAs and four members (DAP and PKR)
26/05/09 12:26
Detainees given VIP treatment, boarded Black Maria a second time and taken with full police escort to D7 team
26/05/09 12:24
Detainees have decided to continue the fast regardless of the arrest.
26/05/09 12:15
Arrested : Keshvinder, Sivakumar, Thomas Su, LeongMeeMeng, LimPekHar, Kula, ChangLihKang, ChanMK. 7 ADUNs (5DAP, 2PKR),1MP (DAP), 6 others
26/05/09 11:05
To support PR election fund, Koon pledged RM200,000 to the PR election fund. Cheque received by Nizar and Ngeh
26/05/09 11:02
Retired engineer Koon Yew Yin speaking in support. Describe Perak power grab “eternal shame”. Fully agree with Judge NH Chan’s articles.
26/05/09 10:58
Hunger strike officially launched by Nizar and Ngeh
26/05/09 10:56
Nizar – “Hidup rakyat bubar DUN Perak!”
26/05/09 10:55
“Urges all Muslims 2show solidarity & fast together. UMNO using police 2protect them & prevent PR carry out peaceful gatherings,activities”
26/05/09 10:52
Nizar “People must come 1st.Perakians 1 fresh election. Ct cannot elect government. Basic tenet of democracy.PAS encourage all to fast 2day”
26/05/09 10:46
Nizar speaking & 2launch campaign
26/05/09 10:45
Dr. Lee Boon Chye speaking. Police blocking programmes. Govt can only function with legitimacy 72-hr hunger strike but not those with illness.
26/05/09 10:41
Ngeh: “We will continue 2fight 4rakyat even though we r facing harassments and police abuses of power. People do not want MB elected by ct.”
26/05/09 10:36
Ngeh speaking now.Thanking all present who want to defend people’s right & democracy in Perak. Many,including BN supporters,want a snap poll
26/05/09 10:35
Dissolve assembly and call fresh election is only solution 2 crisis so that all can focus on economic recession and people’s welfare.
26/05/09 10:33
Siva sad 2see latest developments Perak.In crisis, economic & social issues neglected.No investors will come with such political instability
26/05/09 10:30
limkitsiang: Nga – “We want govt elected by the people”. Speaker Sivakumar speaking now.
26/05/09 10:29
limkitsiang: PR leaders will go on hunger strike for 72 hrs 2fight 4 dissolution of assembly
26/05/09 10:29
limkitsiang: Nga Kor Ming,co-ordinator of fast,urges all 2 continue 2fight 4democracy & our beloved country. 2day another shame – police highhandedness
26/05/09 10:26
limkitsiang: PR leaders singing national anthem
26/05/09 10:25
limkitsiang: Nizar having media conference at Wisma DAP
Police in control of fast site, as their personnel sit inside the tent intended for the fasters today. – Picture by Shannon Teoh | Malaysian Insider
26/05/09 09:55
Giant balloon seized by police specifically made 4 fast cost about RM2k with markings ‘Daulat Tuanku’ and ‘Bubarkan DUN’
26/05/09 09:48
Ngeh, Kula, Thomas Su and PR leaders arrived 4 the fast which is shortly to begin. What will happen with hundreds of police milling around?
26/05/09 08:35
Police preventing anyone from getting near Wisma DAP. 2 men arrested. Giant balloon for the fast confiscated. Day of Infamy Ipoh continues
26/05/09 08:32
Massed outside Wisma DAP Ipoh 2 police jeeps. 7 police trucks, 4 police cars, abt 20 FRU who have taken over the canopy put up for fast.
26/05/09 08:30
Major police crackdown in Ipoh to frustrate start of fast 11am led by Nizar and Sivakumar? Arrests have started outside Perak DAP hqrs Ipoh
#1 by TomThumb on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 - 10:57 pm
what does it take to remind us that malaysia is a police state and will remain a police state. more arrests? more abuse of power?
#2 by TomThumb on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 - 11:04 pm
just listen to that janice woman speak of her lock-up experiences. they wanted to make her the next eli wong with her private parts exposed and prised open for the world to see.
#3 by ekans on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 - 11:15 pm
Earlier this month, NST published an interview with a Professor Rozmi Ismail, the head of psychology at the School of Psychology and Human Development at UKM who has been researching the Mat Rempit phenomenon, and a Madam Kattryn Eng, mother to a 23-year-old deaf and mute woman who was attacked by around 20 Mat Rempit at a petrol station in Subang Jaya one morning.
This interview can be seen online at http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2552199/Article/index_html
The following is an interesting excerpt from the interview…
Rozmi: Yes, 20 years ago Mat Rempit did not exist. There were pelumba haram, who only raced in the rural areas like Felda. Just 10 or 20 of them and they did not disturb the public. Nowadays however, because of their sheer size, they can become very aggressive.
Kattryn: It is surprising, those numbers. It makes me just more fearful.
Rozmi: Police are also scared. When I was conducting my studies I was with them, in Ipoh, where thousands of Mat Rempit had gathered. It was a public holiday. They came from everywhere! That night the police planned to have a roadblock but nobody actually wanted to go! They were scared. It meant that these Mat Rempits were very aggressive.
Kattryn: So you see, if even the police are frightened, then they will just be kings of the streets, right? They will say: “Wah, the police are frightened of us”, and this will just give them more encouragement.
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It can be seen here that there was at least a time in Ipoh itself, the police were too scared to conduct an operation against a large number of Mat Rempits, who are the actual menace to our society, but today, in the very same city of Ipoh, they were brave enough to act without provocation against elected Pakatan Rakyat politicians who just want to fast in a peaceful hunger strike for democracy…
#4 by ekin on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 - 4:49 pm
Mr Ekans,
I agreed totally. That means “the bully being bullied and bully others”. The have got no more sense of direction. That’s the last resort they could come to. You’ll see more nonsense coming up soon…
What a sad commentary in it and of itself…