Tag Archives: Rally

watching and waiting

Malaysiakini’s servers are down - again. It was down during and after the first BERSIH rally and it’s nigh impossible to access now.

They really need more bandwidth la.

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Meanwhile, I’m watching and waiting impatiently for some news o ...Continue


justice is dead

More arrests.

It’s disheartening, and my prayers with those who have been detained.

Watch out for more arrests on the horizon. This time, the Hindraf leaders will be arrested soon.

The capitol has devolved into chaos. Lawyers and human rights activists arrested a day before World Human Rights day. For holding a march ...Continue


our social responsibilities

Can you feel it? Surely you feel it, too. Tensions rising, the news from the north predictably bleak amidst the onslaught of happy-happy news on the mainstream media. You must feel it, too - there is hardly anyone in Malaysia who doesn’t, I’m willing to bet. Feel what?

Well, feel the descent into chaos.

The government ...Continue


crossroads

I can almost hear the screams of panic and the alarm bells going off in every Barisan Nasional member’s head as I sit and type this. It’s the second rally in as many weeks and the Police have demonstrated that they are willing to take action, or “kekerasan” as some who have been there report. Is this a sign of nerves? Is ...Continue


Hindraf Rally: Al-Jazeera FTW!!

The Malaysian government complained that, during the BERSIH rally, Al-Jazeera resorted to obtaining information from Jeff Ooi, now an opposition candidate/politician. So this time for the Hindraf rally, Al-Jazeera got someone from MIC to say a few words about the protests.

And the interviewer was still able to rip that MIC bloke’s arg ...Continue