It was a very warm morning when I arrived at Bukit Mertajam for the nomination day of the Permatang Pasir by-election. Below are photos as seen through the lens of my camera. Some photos speak volumes while others just wished you were here to feel the pulse !
opps....I actually walked from the UMNO side of the gathering....everyone was polite and actually helped me get to the front of the assembly.....
MCA supporters posing with the rest of the BN gang....
When I got to the front I could see that there was a big gap between the 2 fractions.....as can be seen in this photo behind the police line....and that was where all the thunderous roaring and chanting came from...and we had to get there.... cos that's where the action was.....
...with no way to go through this police barricade, we had to make an arduous journey through an orchard and even had to trespass into a private land.....a journey that took us a good 30 minutes through muddy and slippery terrain and barbed fences.....
....finally on the other side....this man on a wheelchair readily posed with his favorite poster.....
....and a section of the "kopiah" crowd.....but they too were very polite ....guess it must be the camera that got people to readily make way for me to pass through and an even more ready smile when I take aim to take a shot of them....
....these 2 little boys were given the marching orders by this cop for being inside the police barricade between the road and the nomination centre.....with jeers from the now warmed-up crowd....
....I couldn't resist this cutie......above....
or these fresh-faced youngsters who claim to be the "new generation of the Pakatan Rakyat.....
the sight of these Malaysians of Chinese origins carrying the PAS flag would have been unthinkable, say.....3 years ago , perhaps ?
....a little shade from the now hot morning......schools out already ?
...nor the sight of these 2 Malaysians of remote Indian origins ...bearing the PAS insignia.....
Mat Sabu...greeting the supporters....surely something ridiculous must have been exchanged between them, by the look on his face ....
and introducing Azli Idris, the only Malay in the Kuala Selangor DAP branch.....how about that ?
....and this young man of African origins, too has a rightful place under the Malaysian sun.....
....and this young and well fed man......all belongs to the Malaysian race....!
....ahh....surely the most popular man, judging by the loudest cheers ever received this morning.....
ahhhh.....this is our very own...Speakers' Corner ! This guy went on and on...all morning and afternoon talking about 4 legged animals to their relationship to UMNO and so on and so forth.....never a dull moment from him !
...see that guy lazying in a hammock.....clever huh ?
and around 1something.....Haji Hadi leaves the nomination centre.....that's when the crowd started slowly dispersing.....but not before the ugliest incident of all.....the humiliating attack on PKR's Gobalakrishnan and then arrest with no apparent provocation while he stopped to greet the supporters...... and the PR crowd really got unruly, flustered and abusive on seeing him being trampled and kicked and............ and the rubbish left behind as the supporters made their way home......!
Cheers !
1 comment:
Good job Mr Shanghai... Picture still speaks a thousand words no matter how the MSM may try to spin something.
Keep up the great work and keep us posted.
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