BERSIH2- sybas Malaysians !

I joined the BERSIH2 rally because I was at the first BERSIH walk in 2007 to demand the resignation of Pak Lah the then PM and now again join the thousands of tax-paying citizens who have had enough of the lies and bullying from the current regime which is corrupt to the core and sees simple reforms in the electoral system for fair and clean elections as irrelevant.

To say that PR politicians hijacked the first rally and again today is no better then saying Perkasa is not a racist group and Mahathir is not an Indian. So ? Then there are some I know who live in "ivory towers" and condemn anyone taking part in walks or rallies like they were born in lalaland. This walk is for and by the rakyat. Period.

A known fact is, politicians from any party, in any public rally love to steal the thunder from anybody. Today's chants of "reformasi" and "takbir" were quickly followed by "bersih" and "hidup rakyat" as the main chant through-out the 2 hours I spent with these thousands of ordinary and simple folks who braved the many salvos of the PDRM's tear-gas attack and were there for only one purpose. To send a loud and clear message to the lying and arrogant government run by Najib who under-mined the Kings consent to recognise the rights of his subjects and the use of the Merdeka stadium for the BERSIH organisers.

All credibility was lost on the BN regime today when the rakyat defied the many road blocks and threats of arrests just so they can exercise their fundamental right to walk where they want in their own country peacefully. Is that a crime ? And it is a pity to see the police bidding their political master's dirty work as they charged continuously at the hundreds of unarmed tax-paying citizens who actually pay their salaries every month. And the only violence evident today was the brute behavior of our guardians, the police force. What a shame.

Below are photographs I managed to shoot while I strolled alongside proud fellow Malaysians who are just as eager to see changes both in the electoral and the administration of this once beautiful country of ours. Enjoy !........


....as one, as Malaysians.....we walk...peacefully !

.....see any "dangerous" looking people wanting to wage war against the King, here ?

....or here.....

....or even here ?

.....but the ever present "eye-in-the-sky" is a menace to all below...



and the PDRM dreaded symbolic yellow....even a face towel will do !

....as the smoke billows from the tear-gas fired by the police at unarmed citizens....

.....tears stinging the eyes and skin, even tourists are not spared.....

...Sham and Nisha acted as medics...help

.....first time I see this cheese cloth Indian attire (vaistea) worn for a rally....maybe he knows something I don't ?......

Bersih steering committee member Wong Chin Huat ( not seen in pic) reads out the 8 points of reform.....ponder on it and vote wisely come GE13...


....running helter-skelter.....
...it's raining cannisters.....

....funny how the PDRM wastes tax-payers money by firing those shots. We, the rakyat paid for all those canisters of tear-gas, mind you morons !
...as I made my way back to my car parked 2 km away I saw how neatly the rubbish was gathered near a lamp-post. See how disciplined we the rakyat really are ? Who said rally goers throw rubbish everywhere ?

....by 6pm all was back to normal.....kids playing badminton in a mixed neighborhood in the San Peng flats area. Maybe they don't have to worry now.......hopefully !

.......while this guy peacefully sleeps oblivious of all that's going-on around him !

Good night Malaysians....wherever you are !