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.

11/10/2007 05:18:00 PM

Rocky's Bru said...

was good to walk with you, brother!
guess they'll be analyzing how we managed to sneak from behind, eh.

11/10/2007 11:24:00 PM

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?

11/11/2007 12:10:00 AM

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

11/11/2007 03:27:00 AM

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.

11/11/2007 06:01:00 AM

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.

11/11/2007 06:02:00 AM

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-

11/11/2007 06:59:00 AM

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

11/11/2007 11:38:00 AM

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……..

11/12/2007 10:33:00 AM

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.

11/12/2007 10:55:00 AM

kayatan said...

Kudos to all of you.
Jamy from Florida,USA.

11/13/2007 01:49:00 PM

adam and eve said...

i'm so damn proud of all u guys and gals

11/13/2007 03:46:00 PM

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.

11/15/2007 11:23:00 PM

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11/16/2007 03:07:00 PM

Anonymous said...

Daulat Rakyat is the only way to go. Say NO to Bugis kings and half bake Rajah's.

5/22/2008 01:41:00 PM

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.

6/23/2009 03:02:00 PM

my name is Skeptic, Stephen Skeptic !

As much as I'd like to believe I can "trust" them, my gut feeling says I will always be suspicious of their sudden betrayal of their party allegiance. Yes, I'd like to rather trust my gut feeling now.And, yes I'm talking about all this new "phenomenon" of many former MCA or former MIC or former UMNO or former this and former that buggers who have jumped camps. Were they jumping camps because they were side-lined by inner-circle party politics or have they been "unloaded" and fallen out-of-favour/flavour/grace and/or in search of a new life-line and platform ?

Yes, you'd argue Anwar and PKR are en-bloc, ex-UMNO but wasn't Pakatan Rakyat warned about this several times by so many ? And the trouble the new Opposition had in Selangor in the early months of take-over with so many within conspiring to bring down and discredit Khalid's administration ? Shouldn't the entire Toyo administration be removed then ? Anwar was warned of this too ! Sure, now that they have got the state in better working order as compared to the then "file shredding" Toyo administration, the current administrative staff now have either "seen the light" and begun to toe the line and in fact have just about redeemed the trust of the public at large to a certain extent, or maybe they ARE they still plotting behind Khalid's back ! Who's to know ?

I would be very uneasy with the PR if they allow ( in fact some of these "new friends" of PR are even "praised and glorified" by certain quarters for their move into PR) these, ironically now in BN's terms labelled, turn-coats, to hold high positions in their new party or even offered seats to contest in the next General Elections.And so now we even have an ex-UMNO minister who was a member in UMNO for 54 years and an aging son of a former DPM joining the exodus ! What can they do now, that they should have done then but were seen to have been, enjoying the gravy-train ride all along ? As the oft heard saying "....you can take the moron out of BN...but you cannot take BN out of the moron..." hehehe !Mistakes in judgment can be very costly or are we suckers for choice of representatives to represent us and take us to the next level of decency in good governance from this cess-pool we call "our" government. You'd wish I was wrong, right ?

Call me skeptic, I really don't give a damn.

It's just dawned on me...!

My cat sleeps about 20 hours a day.

He has his food prepared for him. He can eat whenever he wants.
His meals are provided at no cost to him.

He visits the doctor once a year for his checkup,
and again during the year if any medical needs arise.
For this he pays nothing and nothing is required of him.
He lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much
larger than he needs, but he is not required to do any upkeep.
If he makes a mess; someone else cleans it up.
He has his choice of luxurious places to sleep.
He receives these accommodations absolutely free.He is living like a King, and has absolutely
no expenses whatsoever.
All of his costs are picked up by others
who go out and earn a living every day.

I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly
it hit me like a ton of bricks....
Yikes....I think my cat is a Member of Parliament

from*contributed by my good friend Vis.

**Disclaimer: The original contribution was about dogs...nawh....I love dogs to bits, so I won't associate them to this party's members even in jest. Apologies and without prejudice to all cat lovers !

is 55 years and 70 reasons not good enough for you ?

1. PKFZ RM12 billion
2. Submarine Commission RM500 million
3. Sime Darby RM964 million
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88 million
5. Pos Malaysia (Transmile) RM230 million lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1 billion wasted?
7. Terengganu Stadium collapse RM292 million
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70 million
9. Maybank overpaid BII RM4 billion
10. Tourism - NYY kickback RM10 million
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS RM1.5 million
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry RM8.4 million
13. London’s white elephant sports complex RM70 million
14. MATRADE repairs RM120 million
15. Cost of new plane used by PM RM200 million
16. InventQ irrecoverable debt RM228 million
17. Compensation for killing crooked bridge RM257 million
18. Loss in selling Augusta RM 510 million
19. Worth of APs given out in a year RM1.8 billion
20. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts) RM4.1 billion
21. PSC Naval dockyard RM6.75 billion
22. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion losses (RM3.2 illion in 2008)
23. The Maminco attempt to corner the World Tin Market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million (RM1.6 billion)
24. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s
25. Perwaja Steel’s US$800 million (RM2.56 billion) losses
26. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn Bhd operation to shore up the stock market
27. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
28. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM348 million) Same as No.20 ?
29. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
30. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra
was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a "guilo" CEO with a salary of more than RM1 million per annum!
31. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
32. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipment which it is unable to give a breakdown. Government paid more than RM6,000 per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3,000 through some new consortium that was setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no Maths & Science Content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers' children now.
33. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies - Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million. Expanding on No. 2?
37. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion "Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge"
38. RM1.3 billion has been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore Scenic Bridge
39. RM100 million on renovation of Parliament building which leaks
40. National Astronaut (actually tourist) Programme – RM40 million
41. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
42. Eye of Malaysia - RM30 million and another RM5.7 million of free tickets
43. RM2.4 million on indelible ink
44. Samy Vellu announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone
45. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
46. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time when MAS is incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its Chairman’s (Munir) office. Expanding on No.11
47. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
48. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
49. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
50. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million
51. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million
52. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million
53. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM3.5 Million
54. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under the guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and ministers worth billions of ringgit.
55. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits.
56. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering RM30 billion in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were reaping huge profits. In addition, there were much wastage and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of the Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount.
57. RM5,700 for a car jack worth only RM50
58. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
59 A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
60. A thumb drive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480
61. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
62. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
63. Expenses for 1Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
64. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP
65. US$24 million Diamond Ring for Rosmah - Cancellation of Order - how much compensation ?
66. CowGate scandal . . . RM250 Million
67. Monsoon Cup . . . RM800 million per year
68. Illicit Fund Transfers out of Malaysia ( 2000 - 2009) : RM 1,077,000,000,000 !
69. Tajudin-Danaharta settlement to cover up for Dr M and Daim
70. Billions of ringgit toll concessions that disadvantage the government and taxpayers !

* stats "grabbed" without permission from an anonymous commenter ironically known as Tun M.

And while all this "shit" has hit the fan, you're still okay to vote BN again election after election for 55 years. And these are only the corruption that was "exposed" by the alternate media and the Opposition. The sum of all these mega-corruptions can be attributed to the scheming of just one evil and greedy man who ruled like a tyrant for 22 long years and still won't shut up but passed on, like a fine tradition, the UMNO formula to his successors till today...

And if you're still not convinced you must change the government via ABU, to re-open the above cases and bring to book the people involved in a "just" court of law...I rest my case !

Amen !

the price of arrogance !

The sight that greeted me today at the UKRC was over-whelming ! Talk about 1Malaysia .....hmmm ...well come to think of it, 1Malaysia IS only talk anyway !

Scenes like this has been going on for years dating back to the 60's when there were British soldiers based in Terendek Camp and air bases were run by Aussies in most aerodromes in the peninsular, when families came together every Saturday morning, kids in tow, to spend a day at "their" clubhouse. The men bonded together over a few beers and the women folk spent time talking shop or gossiped or bragged about how well their kids were doing in school. And the kids had the whole field to run wild in the morning sun and play the various games organised by the residents appointed committee and for a long long time all was good.

All that changed when a certain son of an immigrant was appointed to head the Selangor state. Greed ( and he still is famous for !) over-took what little, if any, principles he had as he eyed financial gain for himself and his cronies who encouraged him to poke his filthy fingers into the affairs of this once happy and self reliant community and their clubhouse and playing field ! And the rest is history !

Today, a little over 4 years in power, since the March 2008 "tsunami" Malaysia saw, the new PR government, who had in their election address/promise vowed to return the clubhouse together with the playing field to the community and over-turning the "bull-dozed" gazette that the former BN government via Khir Toyo and his goons, imposed on this clubhouse and playing field collectively known as UKRC ! And word on the ground is, this new chief minister of the Selangor state has acknowledged in principle that the clubhouse belongs to the residence BUT the field is to be in the state's and the chief minister's pleasure ! Damn these new government if that happened.

There are about a thousand members in this club. Let's take into consideration their spouses and other members of their families. Can we put about 4,000 eligible voters in this small residential garden as a whole of this community. Think what happens in the next GE when this community is scorned if the state rules against their favour and confiscate the field and only allow them ownership of the clubhouse !

Think Khalid, think and think fast, you moron ! You'd be no better then the old government when it comes to living up to your election promises....or are you even worse then the old crooks ? Walk the talk and don't expect the simple but dedicated and responsible folks of Ulu Klang to come begging for scraps.

Give UKRC ( the whole package- their clubhouse and their field ) back to the residents of UK with no deals attached.....or face the wrath of over 4,000 tax-paying voters and their families in the next GE !

Below are pictures of today's gathering at the UKRC.....like any other Saturday morning from the days of our colonial masters. Enjoy !

Cheers Andrew Gopal...."keeper" of faith of the UKRC !

p.s. click on pic for larger view.

peeweet.....game over for PR in Selangor ?

Hahaha....I like my fellow Taipingite brother Yushaimi's header for his weekly "For the Record" column today .....opps yesterday in the Malay Mail which read "Red card for state govt ?" ....read the full story here !

Well Mr. big-shot MB Khalid of Selangor state....that's the ultimatum all the folks in the Ulu Klang area are surely giving you IF you so not give them back their "home", getit ? I am tired of all this "red-tape" and feet-dragging bullshit now of not honouring your pre-March2008 election promises. Remember there are a thousand voters waiting with bated breath for an end to this UKRC ownership saga, in their favour or you lose 1,000 votes for your precious Pakatan Rakyat and even your position as Menteri Besar when your 'boss' Azmin runs amok gunning for reasons why Pakatan Rakyat lost Selangor !

And don't you dare say you were not warned Mr. Chief Minister ! Yes, in fact numerous times by the Malay Mail and a few bloggers ( yours truly included !). Woot woot !

By the way Mr. MB, did you know these same thousand odd voters together with their families are "protesting" this Saturday the 7th. April 2012 at 10 am. at their home ground-UKRC ??

p.s.... think I'll "turun padang" too this Saturday @ 10am. at UKRC just to lend Andrew and his ordinary caring Malaysians some support. Jom anyone ??