Let’s contextualise the violence.

1. Was this planned?

a)
Nik has one of the most damning pieces of evidence:

Beberapa hari lepas saya menerima panggilan dari seorang rakan. Beliau bertanyakan sama ada saya hadir di Ceramah Bersih [di Kuala Terengganu]. Saya menjawab tak hadir.

Rakan saya tersebut memaklumkan persediaan polis Terengganu cukup tinggi, dan mereka bersedia dengan pasukan FRU. “Sesuatu akan berlaku,” kata rakan saya tersebut, yang meskipun berbeza mazhab politik, tetapi prihatin.

They knew this was coming. Nik told me who this guy was, and trust me, he’s in a position to know.

b)
Dato’ Mustafa Ali of PAS has a similar story from a different source. Via Harakah:

Maklumat tersebut disampaikan oleh Pesuruhjaya PAS Terengganu, Dato’ Mustapa Ali dalam satu sidang media yang diadakan di Pejabat Agung PAS Jalan Raja Laut tengahari ini.

Jelasnya, beliau mendapat maklumat daripada Adun Wakaf Mempelam, Abdul Wahid Endut yang menyatakan bahawa terdapat saksi yang telah menyatakan bahawa ia adalah ‘pre-plan’ yang melibatkan antara Setiausaha Politik Perdana Menteri, Senator Dato’ Wan Farid.

“Maklumat tersebut menyebutkan bahawa kira-kira jam 3 hingga 4 petang pada 8 September lalu, sewaktu satu kursus diadakan, seorang polis yang mengendalikan kursus tersebut telah menerima satu panggilan yang memaklumkan bahawa satu ‘huru-hara’ akan berlaku menjelang malam nanti di pantai Batu Buruk dan pegawai polis bertugas yang tidak beruniform dikehendaki memastikan identiti dengan memakai riben,” jelasnya.

“Jika fakta ini dipertikaikan, dia boleh soal siasat saya,” ujarnya menyatakan kesediaan untuk disiasat berhubung kenyataan tersebut.

c)
Did you notice how the BN goons (esp Najib) seemed to have a quick response at a ready?…

2. If this was planned, why Kuala Terengganu, and why now?

a)
Ceramahs that are undisturbed by the police are invariably calm affairs, no matter how big – especially those organised by NGOs like BERSIH. It’s nothing major at all, similar ones are held all over the country, all the time.

The answer to why no dawned upon us while we were thinking about the party’s response to the matter.

Some of us were thinking that there’s so much frustration going around among Opposition supporters that a peaceful, mass sit-in type of rally might be just the thing.

But, it’s Ramadhan.

Rallies would be totally inappropriate, and understandably so.

Coincidence? I think not.

b)
Terengganu is in many ways a frontline state.

If Abdullah wins Kelantan, his legacy is secured. If he loses Terengganu, Najib is likely to go for his neck.

Word is, Umno Terengganu = very jittery.

Once again, notice how there are no longer any Mat Rempits terrorising the streets of KL on a weekend night? They disappeared right around the time that you need to register to vote in order to get on an electoral roll.

c)
This is very important: What else came out this weekend? The Auditor General’s report.

Did you see how rottenly atrocious and deeply set the rot of corruption has taken root in this country?

The Auditor General’s report was as damning as they come. Instances upon instances of billions of the rakyat’s money might as well have been burnt in one huge bonfire.

Instead, the mainstream media has worked its butt off to distract the public with pictures of (a probably SB planted) teeny bonfire in Kuala Terengganu.

(note: all photos in the media should be scrutinised, and the angle from which they were taken investigated to shed some light on their source. One famous one repeatedly shown is clearly taken from behind FRU lines).

So behold! The rakyat’s attention is grabbed away from the excesses and murderous wastage perpetrated by the government by this scandalous affair in Terengganu.

3. Is there a pattern?

a)
Ijok was the best example of how Umno would with one hand let loose the worst kind of samseng and gangsters in their campaign, and on the other, accuse KeADILan of being rabble rousers.

Painting the Opposition as havoc wreaking people has always been a favourite.

I already wrote about how The Star prostituted itself by perpetrating this myth of the unruly Opposition in order to raise the sceptre of riots – the only hope MCA has of retaining any of its seats. (Hizami had a brilliant reply to this :)

In the Chinese papers, PAS is the one demonised.

The NST, shameless liars that they are, have on two occasions already printed outright that KeADILan organised the ceramah.

Bald faced lies. The ceramah was organised by BERSIH.

A clearer lie I cannot possibly imagine. We’ll be seeing them in court.

b)
BN still can only hope to thrive if Malaysian society is divided.

Observe: although the Melaka pig farmers have been there for years, the authorities’ solution to the conflict was not gradual or phase by phase, but more one of sending in shock troopers in some blitzkrieg fashion. (PAS’ Datuk Husam Musa wrote quite reasonably on this issue, providing some badly needed voice of reason)

On the animal front, further polarisation can be seen in this Selayang dog catching competition.

As I wrote before, this is the continuing conspiracy to divide and rule – think Islamic state issue, syariah/common law, makkal osai “versus” Christians, etc. At each step, there has been a political motivation.

Now they are seeking to polarise and alienate the Opposition from the people, and harden the battle lines.

We’re not going to fall for it, and neither are the people.

4. What are the other fishy things going on?

a)
Firstly, the police can’t get their story straight. Don’t know how many shots fired never mind (isn’t it a simple don’t-need-to-be-CSI matter to count the number of bullets missing??), can’t even properly ascertain which cop fired them :|

Datuk Husam also had something to say about the hampers that the police sent to one of the gunshot victims.

If the Terengganu police chief’s story is right about protecting others (gag), and the cop being attacked by others, etc, then why on earth would the police send the victim a hamper??

b)
I still can’t get over this Molotov cocktails thing.

DS Anwar has gone up and down the country to speak, thousands if not tens of thousands at every venue.

Not only did nobody bring Molotov cocktails, there wasn’t a single incident of violence.

You’re telling me a group of less than a 1000 people planned to go crazy at a BERSIH ceramah in Pantai Batu Buruk? :|

Mind you, ceramahs have been held many, may times before at this same spot in Pantai Batu Buruk. Only now the police decide to start acting funny? (see 1.b) again).

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I’m really proud of how the blogosphere has once again showed itself to be a level playing ground where people can seek out the real truth on an equal footing. Great work guys!

I’m glad bloggers and netizens have been concerned, and they care about these two poor guys who were forced to bear the full brunt of police brutality.

Lots of people have written really brilliant things, and I wish I could list them all out. I may yet, Insyallah.

Alright for now. Please do think these things over carefully, and observe the facts closely.

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