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Kampung Berembang, Images from Destruction of Surau and other Kampung Remains on 30th November

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 [...]

Kampung Berembang grinded to the ground; villagers staying strong

Note: Will try to keep updates via this post in bangkit.net.

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 [...]

popping over to kampung berembang

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!

RM 600 million handout: Only Umnoputera’s need apply; Mega-projects, Mega-mergers – Understanding Competitiveness

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 [...]

Thoughts from Forum on Issues Affecting Indian Community; expanding the cause’s circle

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 [...]

little points: Protest went OK

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 [...]

Children less than 4 yrs old locked up in Malaysian detention centers

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 [...]

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