Yet again the Malaysian Government under Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the Malaysian police have embarassed MALAYSIA and Malaysians - by their display of intolerance and unreasonableness - and a blatant disrespect for human rights. Their intolerance to peoples' rights of assembly and expression, and the use of unnecessary "violence" - in the form of tear gas and water cannons on ordinary un-armed non-violent Malaysians is SHAMEFUL. (Hopefully this time there will be no Minister or Human Rights Commissioner coming out and proclaiming that there was no violence on the part of the police) It is said that about 400 persons have been arrested - another embarassment. Who can now not say that the Malaysian government (and its police force) is not just like the Burmese government and its police force? Malaysian government likes to campaign for PEACE and UNITY - and it is the peace of docile lambs that they want. It is the UNITY of wearing "Unity Bands" and singing "Unity Songs". But Malaysians are waking-up from their slumber and are no more FOOLS. Now what we want is human rights and JUSTICE - and that is first. We want PEACE and UNITY but a peace and unity, which has as its foundation Justice and Human Rights and FREEDOM. IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL THOSE ARRESTED AND STILL BEING DETAINED (tomorrow's papers - we wonder what it will say or maybe there will be no report about any protest in Kuala Lumpur...or maybe it will be in page 2_...) A Gandhi-inspired mass civil disobedience | ||||
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Hindraf legal advisor P Uthayakumar, has declared the movement’s rally today “a success” despite not being able to hand a petition to the British High Commission. “Despite the police attempts to torture us, we still manage to gather peacefully as united Indians. We have succeeded, the police have failed,” he told a crowd of nearly 2,000 supporters who clap and cheered whenever he finished a sentence. “We felt very hurt after watching VCDs about how the government would destroy our temples. We are Malaysians but our government treats us like foreigners,” she said. Tamachelvy, like many other Hindraf supporters, said that the government ban on the rally was unjust, as they have limited means to collectively voice their grievances. IGP: Police exercise restraint At about 8am today, police issued repeated warnings to a group of roughly 2,000 Hindraf supporters who had gathered near Plaza Ampang along Jalan Tun Razak, a stone’s throw away from the British High Commission. “We were restraining ourselves not to use force. There was no body contact,” said Musa, who was heavily rumoured to have overseen police operations in a helicopter. More than 400 detained |
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The BN gomen and its ministers and MPs like to tell the world, as Deva did on Al Jazeera, that Malaysians have freedom and openness, especially under AAB. But they are silent on justice, freedom to speak and complain and freedom to asemble peacefully. And when questioned on the violent ways taken to counter peaceful gatherings, they just go on wild ramblings to try and defend the indefensible. As a result showing themselves up to be what they truly are.
Malaysians should wake up and show the BN gomen not only the broom but the boot as it has overstayed its welcome.
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