Sunday, April 29, 2012

the blame-game begins...


First of all it is not about laying the blame  on who started the chaos, but why ?  And all that hype about protesters whacking a couple of policemen got their fellow comrades going on a rampage against the protesters and media both local and foreigners alike, yesterday. 

It's no point saying the protesters started the fight first, had the cops been more civil and not treated them with due respect or place barbed razor wires at strategic places barring all to peacefully march. Can we blame that moron of a mayor for not allowing the use of a public field, the Dataran Merdeka to it's citizens to gather ? Or can we blame that wimp of a prime minister who conveniently disappear to "make" deals in election campaigns with the rakyat in Sabah and Sarawak ? Or we can simply lump it on the PDRM who as usual are abiding to the ruling government's wishes ?

My disappointment is, although officially the organisers of Bersih3 had announced at 3:30 that the message in numbers was clear and had been sent to the ruling party and Ambiga had gone on to tell the participants to disperse,  many stayed behind to mock the police and thought they were at a picnic which eventually culminated into that stand-off. 

It will be premature to conclude anything now.....as both sides have "stories" to tell claiming innocence and given time to "cover-up" the evidence.....as in the case of the many confiscated memory chips from video-cams and cameras of journalists both local and foreign by the police. But the damage has been done and the world already knows all that happened  thanks to our high-tech  social networking technology today.  
  
Just see this clip and one wonders why these cops take such great pleasure to senselessly beat the shit out of a defenseless participant ....as an  example. 
You be the judge.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Yellow is the flavour of the day !

Najib's faux pas today was the rakyat's victory. What was first intended to contain a group of people in yellow tees in a "padang" back-fired into a sea of yellow all over the city. Clearly the people won today as hundreds of thousands of citizens took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur chanting "Bersih...Bersih...Bersih"  while tourists looked on in amusement to take back their versions of the Yellow March or Bersih 3 in Kuala Lumpur to relate to their friends and families back home.  I won't comment on the numbers but today's march was certainly the biggest I'd ever seen here.

And the rakyat were awesome and overwhelming with the Unit Amal boys did a splendid job lending their expertise in crowd control. Kudos to the Unit Amal boys and cheers to all who were there as Malaysians and as one in unity !  

Enjoy the pictures below.....but go here now to read the latest twist in this peaceful march....I am shocked and angry !

 cannot sit on the padang...sit on the street oso okay lah !!

 Wonder if this guy understands the writings on his chest....


 ...and it's 1up for Sista Golden-hair...


 ....the tourist taking in history in the making in Malaysia


 who said rallies are bad for business ?...brisk business here lah, no ?


 and our boys in blue going marching past the crowd...while a poor 12 old boy is abducted and still missing ......shudder to think what that poor fellow must be going through right now.....oh...and Najib sends sms to top cop pleading for solving the case stating how it feels being a father himself...forgetting Altantuya's father's similiar plea to him....hmmmm !

 ...fish-eye view...



 I like these posters....truly and typically Najib !....habis lah !
 
 from eye-in-sky to motorised para-gliders.....



 the crowd from Brickfields merging with the crowd in Central Market...


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Bersih1 or 10eleven...re-visited 4 and a half years later ..!


Daulat Tuanku -10-11-07

random shots of 10eleven....
the following 4 pictures below are courtesy of kickdefella's
water canon's in acting...
spraying the already wet marchers with chemical laced water...
arrested...one of hundreds..
cybertroopers...paid by the tax-payers !
above picture- courtesy of haraka
Latest updates @5pm. Pictures by rocky, wee choo keong and yours truly.

where's everyone ???
stand-down...?
behind enemy lines.....
the popular yellow tees and head bands...
street justice ?
the brave people have walked the talk...
arrests...another of many !
and another arrest......

in arms and ready !

they walked today to meet the King !
sea of yellow.... and the eye in the sky !
rocky's bru ....with Boom !
walk of the disgruntled citizens...
another angle ....
ahhh....the monitors from the bar....with rocky !

Time 1.30pm.-10-11-07- Heavy presence of FRU and "heavy" machinery parked around the Bank Rakyat/Bank Negara vicinity...heavy downpour earlier from 12 noon...
More presence of the FRU having their lunch-break,along the corridors of the Ekran Building in Jalan Tangsi...and the weather is gloomy with threatening more rain clouds...........
Hey, these guys need to eat too and they happily invited me to join them, which I graciously declined with a "thank you"... one of them also told me he wished the rains will continue till late today....as he was tired and he'd love to go back to his family with a clear conscience.........

16 comments:

Stephen said...
Please......more news on the march.

MT and MalaysiaKini is out of action.
Rocky's Bru said...
was good to walk with you, brother!
guess they'll be analyzing how we managed to sneak from behind, eh.
gaban sakti said...
i actually think many of these guys are all for this rally, but it's their duty to carry out orders from superiors. it's the way the armed forces and police work.

can't blame most of them. salary is very small. what choice do they have?
Sagaladoola said...
Other posts on BERSIH rally from Sagaladoola:
BERSIH: The Yellow Wave (Pics) Part 1
BERSIH: The Yellow Wave (Pics) Part 2
BERSIH: The Yellow Wave (Pics) Part 3
We have to BERSIH-kan Malaysia
Moses Foo said...
They are only following orders and doing their job. The only problem is they have mind, they have heart, and they have spirit. The mind can be controlled to do any bidding, the heart broken to be heartless but the spirit... ah! the spirit yearns for freedom, for peace, for righteosness. For between them and the crowds, are family, friends, and fellow Malaysians whom they know are guilty only of exercising their conscience for what is right.
Moses Foo said...
They are only following orders and doing their job. The only problem is they have mind, they have heart, and they have spirit. The mind can be controlled to do any bidding, the heart broken to be heartless but the spirit... ah! the spirit yearns for freedom, for peace, for righteosness. For between them and the crowds, are family, friends, and fellow Malaysians whom they know are guilty only of exercising their conscience for what is right.
Mat Salo said...
Too bad I’m out of the country now bro'.. wish I could’ve been with you brave and noble souls...

I am grateful to God that the March was relatively peaceful. I’m glad to hit yours and rocky's blog to get the latest. Seems there’s some sort of a news black-out on the event in mainstream online papers…

Thanks for posting the pictures in "real time". He-he..

-Swamp Roustabout-
Melvin Mah said...
Hi Stephen,

Just to let you know that I’ve got my personal account of the rally up. We might need something to collect the accounts of others being at the rally as well.

I’ve split up the account of the rally into 2 parts, the blogger view account is seen at part 2. “The Yellow Revolution Part 2″

Melvin
selvenz said...
I am so proud to be a malaysian, altough i did not go there, i have never felt more close to my malay , chinese brothers , this is true unity , I am proud to be a “bangsa Malaysia” Daulat Tuanku, 10-11 the most important day in our generations history,
I have always stayed away from politics, but now i feel a strong urge to register to vote and cast my vote for the future of all malay , chinese , indian , and all other BANGSA MALAYSIA children. Daulat Tuanku as i am truly proud to be a malaysian today……..
cohong gym said...
Bro, u were there?
Aisey, i wanted to be there too...but i have to go to Puchong, to my sis house because my mother is there. But if i knew you were there, i will definately squeez my time and join you.
May be next rally.
kayatan said...
Kudos to all of you.
Jamy from Florida,USA.
adam and eve said...
i'm so damn proud of all u guys and gals
realist said...
you people just played to the hands of the opposition parties. who do these 40K or so demonstrators think they are representing? who? all us rakyat?? sorry to break yr bubble, but that day, you were pawns of the opposition.
sure the opposition claims that BERSIH consists of 60 plus Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and a small "insignificant" number of 5 Opposition political parties, making this a "non political " rally. i hear that all the time from those in favour of the rally.
that statement is nothing more than political tactic made up by the opposition, a cunning and manipulative one. the obvious outcome of such rally is more ppl voting for the opposition. and you all would hv just played into their hands.
they hype the crowd with feel good statements, use the king (who was horse riding in trengganu tht day) to raise the emotions of these pawns , instructed their members (the bulk of protesters) to not waive party flags to reinforce their claim tht this is a rakyat rally not a political one, repeatedly harp on all the bad things BN has done ( which they have - yes im not a BN supporter) , with the extensive news coverage from tv3 to al jazeera, the opposition hit a home run this time. great publicity , and hopefully more angered voters and fence sitters voting for them.

yea yea , i hear u ..of 60 plus non govt org only "insignificant" 5 opposition political parties, or in percentage terms, 7% of bersih is opposition parties.

ok so tell me , why is it that 5 out of 7 delegation that went to to hand the memorandum to the King were leaders of opposition political parties?

sorry to break yr bubble, im a rakyat. u did nothing for me except made a 1/2 hr journey turn into a 3 hr journey thanks to traffic and roadblocks. enough of your 'we did it for malaysia' and yr 'daulat tuanku'..you guys didnt gv an ass abt the tuanku when they were beaten to the ground by DrM. and u didnt do it for malaysia, you did it for the 5 ppl out of 7 that went to see the king... who was in trengganu horse riding.
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Anonymous said...
Daulat Rakyat is the only way to go. Say NO to Bugis kings and half bake Rajah's.
prana said...
people should stand for their right!people should rise as knight. we are the people,the son and the child for this great nation. we vote for our government and now they act like we are terrorizing this nation? are we the enemy of the nation? are we powerless to be together? we as people of one nation should stand togater. rise and clean the rotten part of our nation. by walking will not help. but by action of violence will. trust me. the political parties are all powered by the people. and people must not fear again them. they are like us human after all. we have more number then those worthless blue terriers. and one who live under the paid of the government is must not turn their backs on their masters. now they are like terriers bitting the master, what shall you do when a terrier gone bad?or mad? answer is we shall teach them. let them join us. or let us strike them. action must be taken my dear people. rise on new nation will always come from red pouring the ground. and let those terriers blood be the ones on ground. even our national antumn does said " tanah tumpah- nay darah ku. but this time should be , darah tupah -nya si derharka!
think about it.