Last week, at least i think last week, there was a rally in Kl against corrupted elections.
This was sorta cool, i mean, its not good. But , it was in the news (international of course.) and Malaysia made it on the Front page of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Bersih_rally
This was on the front page of Wiki .
Anyway, 40 k ppl turned up around Kl, even though the papers only stated 4000 turned up.
( The Writer for the article could have been careless and could have missed a 0. )
Well, the International news made a huge deal about it, showing pics which showed malaysia as a problematic country. Well ,
from the tapes, it looked like a movie. People runnng around, Water raining everywhere, hoses directed at ppl, Fire trucks which looked like reinforced armoured vehicles moving along the streets. Walls upon shield walls of Riot police in full body armour ( Which i have to credit, does look pretty cool, in red and black.) lining the streets and moving foward. Teargas fired from grenade launchers ( i think.). Sweet, they could make a movie.
Nuts. My buttton for pics isnt working. ill add photos of the cool riot police later.
Well, in the end, we got something in to the Istana for the king to see.
Well, the government response was expected, Hushing up and downgrading the matter. Which is fine. One needs it for public order. But, the ministers debate with Al jazeera was sadly .... sad.
I think they should reeducate the government on English. And, some of the Al Jazeera Questions are rather good.
If you are a democratic country, why dont you allow these marches. Why are prosecuting them? ( or something like that.)
Answer. We did in the beggining but we compromised. (something like that.) - this dosnt exactly answer the question.
Well, The minister could just have been stressed, so i dont blame him.
Was rather exciting. - The Riot Police were cool. Frigging cool. Red Helmets and Black Armour. Riot shields. Sweet.
5 comments:
Hi Evan, you mean you missed it..! ayoh, if I was in KL I would have joined the peaceful march! The tear gas and all that was started by the police to get some tv footage to show that the people was acting up, but the people was peaceful. Go check out www.kickdefeller.wordpress.com
byee..me
Yeah, forgot about it until that day.
thx.
At least awareness of the rakyat disatisfaction with the current way the country is being run is increasing.
It was a peaceful march, until the FRU screwed it up. Still, there was no retaliation, which I am sure was part of the FRU's plan.
Just proved that the rakyat is now smarter than what these ministers thought.
Watch Al Jazeera on Astro tonight 10:30, interview with Human Rights laywer and Son-In-Law, and government mouthpiece,'Bodoh', Pondan.
"This is democracy...Malaysian style." - Hamish McDonald
Definitely the Quote of the Year.
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