Location: Kamunting Detention Camp, Taiping, for ISA detainees.
At the entrance of the dreaded camp. On the left is Helen Vatsikopoulos (Presenter/Reporter) of Australian Broadcasting Corporation looking upset at the sight of the camp at the same time smiling approvingly to witness the curious mix of supporters present to lend support to Marina. 
They came in their best dresses complete with sun-hats to present Marina with bouquets and warm hugs and wishing her to be strong!
Members of DAP (Taiping branch) including my uncle Joachim(partly hidden in the back-ground and with placard written in tamil) joining Marina and children and denouncing the ISA and the immediate release of all detainees ! Keeping the pressure ON !
Another section of the crowd......can somebody put some names to these wonderful Malaysians who had come from near and far to show their care and support for the abolishment of the ISA ?
The bouquets were aplenty and Marina needed more hands to carry them ! Of course as always Chris was there to "give"a hand !I'd like to say....thank you so much folks, for taking your precious time-off to come from everywhere (again I was told apart from the many folks from Taiping, a lot of you came from Penang and Ipoh too ! ) just to show your support to RPK and Marina !
I arrived with Dino around 11am at the detention camp followed, in convoy style, by Bernard, Gus & Serena, Chew and Delcarpo from KL and boy.... a sight to behold it was !
What a beautiful sight it was to see so many well dressed caring Malaysians ( my guess was around 200 !) bright and happy crowding around, bouquets in hand and hugging Marina, whispering "hope" into her ears, at the entrance of the now infamous Kamunting Detention Camp( and in my wonderful home-town too....sheeeesh !!)! There were lots of photographers from various media and a handful of tv camera crew too( I was told they were mostly from foreign tv stations.....hmmmm...interesting !)
Of course I also gotta thank the police force (and under the watchful eye of a handful FRU personnel at a distance !) of Taiping under the professional supervision of one Officer Har Mun for a fantastic job, in directing (plenty of curious on-lookers in their cars, some honking their horns, others... erhhhhemm.... well....just giving "blank" looks !!) traffic in an orderly fashion and keeping the peaceful gathering of harmless but determined and passionate Malaysians, safe from being rolled over by passing vechiles ! Once again "thank you" sir !
Everything was over by 12 noon to the harmonious sounds of "NegaraKu" and bidding "good-byes and thank-yous" after which most of us adjourned for a well deserved lunch and some cold beers, including Marina and her family ( and to sample the much promoted "Taiping inche-cabin") to Eden Restaurant in Jalan Kamunting run by my child-hood buddy Lourdes and his wonderful wife, Winnie !
Once again, to all those who assembled in Kamunting Detention Camp.....I salute you ! Selamat Hari Raya and Godbless !
*for "larger" viewing...click on the picture, please !
I arrived with Dino around 11am at the detention camp followed, in convoy style, by Bernard, Gus & Serena, Chew and Delcarpo from KL and boy.... a sight to behold it was !
What a beautiful sight it was to see so many well dressed caring Malaysians ( my guess was around 200 !) bright and happy crowding around, bouquets in hand and hugging Marina, whispering "hope" into her ears, at the entrance of the now infamous Kamunting Detention Camp( and in my wonderful home-town too....sheeeesh !!)! There were lots of photographers from various media and a handful of tv camera crew too( I was told they were mostly from foreign tv stations.....hmmmm...interesting !)
Of course I also gotta thank the police force (and under the watchful eye of a handful FRU personnel at a distance !) of Taiping under the professional supervision of one Officer Har Mun for a fantastic job, in directing (plenty of curious on-lookers in their cars, some honking their horns, others... erhhhhemm.... well....just giving "blank" looks !!) traffic in an orderly fashion and keeping the peaceful gathering of harmless but determined and passionate Malaysians, safe from being rolled over by passing vechiles ! Once again "thank you" sir !
Everything was over by 12 noon to the harmonious sounds of "NegaraKu" and bidding "good-byes and thank-yous" after which most of us adjourned for a well deserved lunch and some cold beers, including Marina and her family ( and to sample the much promoted "Taiping inche-cabin") to Eden Restaurant in Jalan Kamunting run by my child-hood buddy Lourdes and his wonderful wife, Winnie !
Once again, to all those who assembled in Kamunting Detention Camp.....I salute you ! Selamat Hari Raya and Godbless !
*for "larger" viewing...click on the picture, please !
2 comments:
you're a good person steve. most of these guys are on the Anwar PAYroll . will mail u documnts when time fits.
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