Though we celebrated the success of Bersih 3.0, but as the
days unfold, we are enraged by the brutality of the police forces and the ugly
truths.
Why the police fired chemical laced water and tear gas?
The blame game is still going on until today. The rally went
really smoothly and peacefully until police fired water cannon and tear gas.
What triggered them to do so? Datuk Ambiga had reminded the participants not to
break the law by breaking the barrier at Dataran Merdeka. Somehow, some of the
participants remove the barbwires and entered the forbidden square and the
rest, hell broke loose.
Were those really genuine participants or hired provocateurs
by God knows who party? Look, we have seen provocateurs at Himpunan Hijau for
Lynas in Penang, Umno Youth members on motorcycles circled the PKR headquarters and a mob of some 60 thugs attacked students encamped at the
Dataran Merdeka, it would be no surprise that those who broke the law
were hired provocateurs. Maybe the rally went so smoothly, so it irked the
provocateurs to break the barricade so the police could take action on the
participants to put the rally in bad light. You see, the police could take
action as soon as the Bersih participants gathered on the eve of 428, but why
they only took action as soon Datuk Ambiga declared the event was over and declared
the rally as resounding success?
What if the participants really did break the barricade?
They should be brought to justice for breaking the law. No matter how crappy
the law is, it is still a law. The overwhelming cheering followed by the
presence of Anwar, it is definitely a great drive to induce the frontliner to
break the law.
As of yesterday, the mainstream media blamed Anwar for
fracas at the rally. Apparently, he was captured to give some gestures to Azmin
Ali . The gesture to break the barricade or to negotiate with the police? We
don’t know.
Di mana Perdana Menteri?
So the million dollar question, where was our PM during the
Bersih 3.0 rally? He was in Kuching. Look, the rakyat was brutally beaten and
punished on the street and he with his cohorts at crappy Jelajah Janji Ditepati
(Jelajah Rasuah Ditepati –more like it)
Police brutality reached highest level
Rakyat diabaikan, kekejaman di utamakan.
Why don’t we stop to pay our taxes and let them know who the
boss is. Honestly, my Facebook is loaded with police brutality videos in
youtube – I dare not to open even single one. Why? Because i cant afford to see
my fellow Malaysians beaten up for practising freedom of speech and freedom of assembly,
which guaranteed by our federal constitution.
The overturned police car mystery
I guess many have watched the police car rammed Bersih 3.0
participants at Sogo but many questions left unanswered. Why the policeman swirled
to the right into the pedestrian? On purpose or the broken windshield
obstructed his vision or he was a newbie and too afraid of the protestors?
Who was the guy in the helmet and why the protestors beat
him up? Hired provocateur or protecting the police from being beaten? Why the
car was overturned? Apparently, there was a man shouting “Ada orang kat bawah!!”,
I guess there was a victim really trapped underneath the car. But what so
strange here is, when the car was overturned, there was no people underneath
the car.
Anyhow, what we could witness here is that the protestors
were protecting the police driver from being beaten from other protestors. They
were fired tear gas on us and we were then one who protected them!
Police in disguise
That Indian guy has become the star in Facebook. Policemen
disguised as Bersih participants to catch the protestors, sick right? According
to Zaharin, Secretary of UMNO BANDAR TUN RAZAK disclosed
that a secret pact was made where the police were divided into to forms, one in
the police attire while 2,000 police personnel were dressed in Bersih T-shirts
to look as their supporters.
Pound those media
Freedom of press comes with a price in Malaysia. Yes, you
would be beaten up for practising freedom of press. Strange, Najib recently
announced that the media would be given more freedom. I guess they have fallen
into his trap. According to a joint statement by the editors and journalists
from major news outlets:
•One journalist suffered
head injuries when attacked by the crowd;
•One journalist, assaulted
by police, was feared to have suffered broken ribs;
•Two journalists were
arrested by police while on duty;
•Several journalists
reported being attacked by police;
•A female journalist was
manhandled by several male police;
•Photographic equipment was
smashed or destroyed;
•Data storage cards of
journalists’ cameras were removed and destroyed; and
•Journalists were ordered
not to take photographs of police actions.
Distorted news coverage
I don't really blame media for its distorted news as the
editors were really pressured by the authority to put the rally in negative
light. Honestly, I didn’t touch or even watch mainstream media for these few
days as I’m afraid it would anger me more. Until today, I still couldn’t
believe that there are people who still believe in mainstream news. To
infuriate me further, I had this comment in FB: Polis tk bat apa2 tpi ahli
perhimpunan yg bertindak kasar, u tk tngok dlm brita or srat khbar? If the
fella were in front of me, he would receive my tight slap.
Unintelligent Comments
I don’t mean to be bitchy but gosh, some people (even
ministers) are dim-witted like katak di bawah tempurung
“Street rally is not our culture” – UMNO pioneered street
rally during British occupation to protest Malayan Union, so this is not our
culture? They have demonstration regularly in Penang, so that’s okay?
“Street rally will tarnish country image” – Citizens in US
and UK have street demonstration regularly, so the mentioned countries are
really in negative light?
“Street rally will jeopardize country economy” - Street demonstration is a norm in US,
UK and Japan, so the mentioned countries are facing economy crisis?
Despite the cruelty and lies in the media, but what is
proven through Bersih 3.0 is that Malaysians had matured and brave enough to
stand up for what’s right for them. We were not alone in Kuala Lumpur as the
Malaysians around the world united as one!
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