I’ll post these literally as I upload them from my camera (pls click on the picture for a better image). Updates on the situation here.
* 1am, 1 Dec; that’s it for now. These pictures are best viewed from bottom to top (1-10). Malaysiakini’s video is also out now.
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This was my last view of the [...]
Note: Will try to keep updates via this post in bangkit.net.
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Just got back, here’s the situation when i left. (I have photos of all described below, and will upload as soon as i can).
By about noon: The surau was demolished in a most sacreligious and offensive manner. I was told that the JAIS (Selangor Religious [...]
apparently mpaj, the police, and (?!?!) JAIS (Selangor Islamic Religious Department) are there to take down the Surau, so I’m going to try and pop on over for a bit. Updates to come!
Let’s start with a recent crusade by DAP stalwart Ronnie Liew that was picked up by Malaysiakini:
.. parliamentary constituenc(ies have) been given (by the government) a year-end ‘bonus’ of RM3 million. Only two rules apply – they need to spend it in six weeks and the money is only for bumiputera contractors.
The total funds? RM [...]
Was a pretty good sharing, and the audience was actually mostly Chinese I reckon, which I take as a good sign. While I think there are good arguments warranting the need for such fora, I am looking fwd to the day the problems of one community are even more so considered the concerns of all [...]
Off to forum soon, but Mr. K aka predream sent over some good pics of Berembang protest in Shah Alam this morning that went off w/o a hitch. Coalition of kampung folk, NGOs and Opposition parties finally managed to hand over memo to reps of Selangor State Gov’t. Also see article and emotional video.
Was tardy [...]
Took me a while to get to this, but I wanted to highlight some contents of a memo Suaram submitted some time back (endorsed by a few other NGOs as well) regarding children and pregnant mothers being held in immigration detention centres.
Through our investigations and from other credible sources, we have [...]