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Kit Siang accuses Najib of being insincere in Bersih row
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Elections, Human Rights, Najib Razak, Police on Thursday, 7 July 2011
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
July 07, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — DAP leader Lim Kit Siang accused Datuk Seri Najib Razak today of being insincere and irresponsible for continuing with the Bersih clampdown, despite the group heeding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s call to hold the July 9 rally in a stadium.
The election watchdog has chosen Stadium Merdeka as the venue for this Saturday’s rally. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar has however told the polls reform group to hold its rally outside of the capital. Read the rest of this entry »
Are police waging war against the Agong?
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Najib Razak, Police on Thursday, 7 July 2011
Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11
‘Who are the communists – the rakyat or Umnoputra? They are doing what Mao Zedong had done by clamping down the rakyat.’
DAP: Continued clampdown an affront to Agong
Swipenter: The Umno regime and PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) must immediately desist from harassing the Bersih 2.0 supporters and release all those who are detained under Emergency Ordinance immediately now that the Agong has spoken and a compromise has been reached.
The Agong’s consent in meeting S Ambiga and two others and the go-ahead given by Najib to have the rally to be held in a stadium is nothing short of acknowledging the legitimacy of Bersih 2.0.
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Wake up, BN doesn’t play by the rules
Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11
‘How come a ‘titah’ from Agong can be ignored by BN government? Is this a crisis of sorts about to begin between the royalty and Umno?’
Home minister: Bersih still illegal
SusahKes: This is precisely why Umno will never learn – not until they are sent to the political wilderness.
If S Ambiga didn’t meet with the Agong or refused to back down from the rally, then she and Bersih would be labelled as traitors. And the likes of Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein would have a field day portraying them as such.
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Councillors in the dock: Another one for the books
Malaysiakini Vox Populi | Jul 7, 11
‘Malaysia will enter the Guiness Book of Records as a Third World country for disallowing the wearing of yellow.’
Yellow tees: 11 councillors to be charged tomorrow
Ong Guan Sin: The case will surely collapse as there is no basis of circumstances and law to support the ‘illegal’ declaration against Bersih 2.0 T-shirts. It is a total waste of public resources to pursue the case.
As a 1Malaysia government so fond of setting itself key performance indicators (KPI), this waste of public resources should be factored into its KPIs – the rakyat will judge you accordingly. In fact, the public resources are abused in this case to just inconvenience and burden the good people of Bersih and its supporters.
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Roadblocks to check for weapons? My foot!
Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11
‘How can you prevent anything just by sitting in your tent or waving all the cars to go through? You are merely causing inconvenience.’
Traffic gridlock in pre-Bersih rally roadblocks
Zzzz: I commented in Malaysiakini earlier that the authorities will make it very difficult for people to move about. You can bet that come this Saturday, they will make it 10 times worse than yesterday morning.
They aim to make it impossible (at all cost) for people to get together to rally, regardless of whether or not the rally is held in the stadium. Or whether Bersih is legal or illegal.
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Why am I not surprised?
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Election, Hishammuddin, Police on Wednesday, 6 July 2011
By Shanker
July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JULY 6 — So, the Home Minister remains adamant that Bersih is an illegal outfit, notwithstanding that the highest Ruler in the land has implied his acquiescence by meeting with Bersih representatives yesterday.
Sigh … what else can we say about Umno that hasn’t been said already? The whole world has taken flight at an unimaginable rate in this 21st century; changes are happening all around the globe — just witness Thailand’s maturity in the democratic process … Read the rest of this entry »
Protestors in pro-Bersih clothes will be arrested, warns Deputy IGP
By Clara Chooi
July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Despite being allowed to hold a stadium rally this Saturday, protestors found with pro-Bersih 2.0 materials will still be arrested, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said today.
This, he said, was because the coalition was still deemed an unlawful organisation and any item, whether “songkoks or T-shirts” are still disallowed.
“On clothing or items with Bersih motifs on them, as far as we are concerned, Bersih 2.0 has been gazetted as illegal so anything to do with Bersih 2.0 will be wrong, will be disallowed and we will take action,” he told a press conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters this afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Despite royal audience, Hisham says Bersih still illegal
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Hishammuddin, Police on Wednesday, 6 July 2011
By Shannon Teoh | July 06, 2011
The Malaysian Insider
PUTRAJAYA, July 6 — Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein insisted today that Bersih is still outlawed, saying that neither an audience with the King nor relocating the July 9 rally to a stadium could turn the electoral reforms movement legal.
However, the home minister said that Bersih could still apply for a permit for the July 9 gathering using “other methods.”
“No, they are still banned, still illegal. Nobody can be above the law. Just because Tuanku met them, doesn’t mean they are no longer illegal,” he said, referring to the audience granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to Bersih yesterday, after which it accepted the stadium offer.
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Bersih and the fall of reason
By Art Harun
July 06, 2011
JULY 6 — “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” ~ Thomas Paine
The events unfolding before our eyes in the past few weeks say a lot about us as a collection of individuals; as a society and as a people. What is clear, however, is the sad fact that when we are faced with adversity, we tend to lose our head and retreat into the same old dark and cold cave of emotions, of irrationality and of convenient rhetoric. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia: A police state
By Tommy Thomas
July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JULY 6 — Death Threats. Bomb Threats. Warning on Revocation of Citizenship. Preventive detention. Arrest of hundreds for wearing Yellow T-Shirts. Banning of Organisations. Prohibition of Peaceful Marches.
Is one describing Burma? Or Zimbabwe? No: this is Malaysia in July 2011, in its 54th year of independence.
Has paranoia gripped the decision-making elite in Kuala Lumpur? But for its grave repercussions, one would have to laugh at the disproportionate overreaction and incompetence of government agencies in recent weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Bersih and the inane responses
By Sakmongkol AK47
July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JULY 6 — This present government has developed one distinguishing characteristic not unlike the previous administration. If the previous administration was maligned as being uninspiring and sleeping through its job, this present government isn’t that far from being similarly aspersed. How so?
It has shown it has a knack of being inept at handling small shocks to the system. Many of us for example are not supporters of Anwar Ibrahim, but the manner the government handles the Anwar affairs — whether it’s the sodomy 2 charge or the recent video clip showing a person resembling Anwar in a sexual tryst, the administration has shown its ineptness and incompetence. Read the rest of this entry »
Hishammuddin and Police should respect and uphold the YDPA intervention by full co-operation with Bersih
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Elections, Hishammuddin, Human Rights, Police on Wednesday, 6 July 2011
The Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and the police should respect and uphold the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s wise and just intervention in the Bersih 2.0 impasse by full co-operation with Bersih to make the July 9 Bersih 2.0 stadium rally a peaceful and orderly one as well as end all harassment against persons for wearing Bersih T-shirt and other paraphernalia and release all such items seized in past 10 days.
Hishammuddin and the police should pay special heed to advice by the Yang di Pertuan Agong in his special statement on Sunday where he said: Read the rest of this entry »
Why the sledgehammer?
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Human Rights, Police on Monday, 4 July 2011
July 04, 2011 | Aliran
JULY 4 — It looks like if they don’t get you under one law, they will get you under another law. That seems to be the case as far as Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and his colleagues are concerned. But this time they used a sledgehammer just to make sure that they get them.
During the seven days’ remand, the police did not unearth any incriminating evidence to justify their action against 30 Parti Sosialis activists for allegedly “waging war against the king”. That was the reason stated for remanding these people. Before that, there was talk they could be investigated for sedition.
On the seventh day of their remand, six of them were freed from the Kepala Batas police station. The implication of this action was very explicit: The police had actually cleared them of whatever they were originally suspected of being involved in. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr M’s daughter slams crackdown
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid | July 4, 2011
Free Malaysia Today
PETALING JAYA: Marina Mahathir, the daughter of former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad – who had little tolerance for dissenting voices – criticised the clampdown on Bersih 2.0 supporters.
Speaking on behalf of Sisters In Islam, one of the 62 NGOs that form the Bersih coalition, she said the action taken by the authorities was similar to that used by third-world dictators.
“Only those in fear would resort to such things… we are behaving like a third world country or less,” she told a packed press conference here, flanked by several representatives from Bersih.
More than 150 people were detained, mostly for wearing yellow T- shirts with the word “Bersih” in connection with the polls watchdog’s planned rally on July 9.
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Lift ban on Bersih, urges Kit Siang
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Elections, Hishammuddin, Human Rights, Police on Sunday, 3 July 2011
Jul 3, 11 | MalaysiaKini
The PM, Najib Abdul Razak, should overrule Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and lift the ban on Bersih said DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang.
He said in a statement today the three grounds given for the ban under the Societies Act do not stand scrutiny and will only expose the government and country to public disdain and international scorn.
Bersih is not guilty of the first ground, “Being active and sparking an atmosphere of unrest and worry among the multiracial community in the country,” he added. Read the rest of this entry »
Bakri MP, 5 others held over yellow gotong-royong T-shirts
By Clara Chooi
July 03, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JOHOR BARU, July 3 — Six DAP members, including Bakri MP Er Teck Hwa, were hauled up by the police this morning during a gotong-royong exercise, on suspicion that it was part of the now-outlawed Bersih 2.0’s activities.
The six, wearing yellow T-shirts bearing designs different from that of the Bersih 2.0 logo, were picked up at the Taman Pelangi market as they were distributing leaflets to the public.
Despite trying to explain to the cops that their walkabout this morning was part of a community cleanliness campaign themed “Negara Bersih, Rakyat Bertuah”, they were still hauled up to the Taman Pelangi police station. Read the rest of this entry »
Najib should overrule Hishammudin and lift the ban on Bersih as the three grounds given for the ban do not stand scrutiny
Posted by Kit in Hishammuddin, Najib Razak, Perkasa, Police, UMNO on Sunday, 3 July 2011
The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak should overrule the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and lift the ban on Bersih as the three grounds given for the ban under the Societies Act do not stand scrutiny and will only expose the government and country to public disdain and international scorn.
For instance, the first ground – “Being active and sparking an atmosphere of unrest and worry among the multiracial community in the country”.
Bersih is not guilty of this charge. Those guilty are Perkasa and Umno Youth, with the former even threatening another May 13 with warning to the Chinese to stay indoors and to stock up food and UMNO Youth in front of PKR headquarters threatening violence and chaos. Why have Hishammuddin acted against Bersih the innocent party while done nothing to the culprits, Perkasa and UMNO Youth as if they enjoy immunity and impunity for committing crimes.
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Technology and protest
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Elections, Human Rights, Police on Sunday, 3 July 2011
By Kapil Sethi
July 03, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JULY 3 — To an observer of the increasingly charged political rhetoric in the country, the lack of political acumen on display by the ruling coalition vis- à-vis the Bersih 2.0 rally is truly astonishing.
If there is one thing to be learned from the Arab Spring, it is that draconian measures against protesters give more impetus and motivation to their cause. It is a different paradigm from the past where in the absence of alternative media, divide and rule was a very successful strategy.
The larger question, of course, is what the powers that be are so afraid of? The answer to a great extent has to do with the current power of technology. Yes, technology. For instance, consider the differences between, say, the online Curi Curi Wang Malaysia protest and the Bersih 2.0 rally. Read the rest of this entry »
Ambiga: Bersih is the rakyat, ban has little impact
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Election, Hishammuddin, Human Rights, Police on Sunday, 3 July 2011
By Melissa Chi
July 03, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The Home Ministry ban on Bersih 2.0 will not have the impact it had aimed for as the electoral reform movement has captured the people’s “hearts and minds”, says its chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan.
The former Bar Council president also disagreed with the Najib administration’s rationale for outlawing the movement, saying Bersih 2.0 was a coalition of established groups and does not need to be registered.
“More important, above and beyond that, Bersih now means more than just a group of organisations to Malaysians. Bersih is now a concept that has captured the hearts and minds of the rakyat. Read the rest of this entry »
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