Cops storm and brutalise peaceful, unarmed, Negaraku singing crowd
Updated with bits and pieces 8.30am. Not sure what’s happening with detainees yet.
Just back from the PJ police headquarters. Over 20 still detained, and likely to be held overnight.
That sucks.
What’s worse were the tales of arrest from earlier. An FRU police charge into an unarmed crowd as they were singing Negaraku as a closing to the gathering? Wanton disdain for public safety as needlessly violent cops caused bodily harm to women and children? A reporter actually detained during a press conference with the Chief Police Officer?
I wasn’t able to make it early enough to be an eyewitness, and it will take a while for documentation of what exactly happened tonight to come out, and I’ll wait for more evidence. In the meantime, read Anil Netto, Wong Chin Huat, Tony Pua and Lau Weng San among others.
In what would have been front page news in any country with free media, the Star of course, only saw fit to publish this deep inside the bottom of page 23.
Here’s what I hope is the first of many videos on this subject:
I’m perplexed by this unwarranted brutality, and feel that orders or approval must have come from somewhere – I’m still trying to figure out where.
We will not stand silent against this injustice and violence against Malaysians.
Detailed report at Malaysiakini.
They are the most HATED moron that are still around… Looks like we can charge them for not respecting our national anthem?
I updated on what that had happened. But i believed the picture before the chaos would do much better to console my wounded heart of those who had been arrested.
There must be a reason why they allowed the previous vigils, but decided to arrest people at this one. Could it be because it’s organiser this time around involves BERSIH? Or because RPK is out?
Either way, this is NOT what the police should be doing.
the malaysian govt is a big bully, disgraces all malaysians!!
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we are malaysians not umno mca mic gerakan 2 show off on tv to elec so gila pangkat as a malaysians we will bring tem dwn hidup rakyat kuasa rakyat the ppls powers!!next general elec all maysian will bring bn goermnt out frm parlimen change a new government!!
I am sorry that you got attacked and hurt by the thug-like FRU (ordered to do so without thinking no doubt by some other bully higer up in authority) tonight for participating in the candlelight vigil at PJ, which is clearly a peaceful democratic civil rights activity and so wholly lawful and within your constitutional rights.
Such desperate measures on the part of the Home Minister and PDRM indicate that the Rakyat must be scoring points against them where it must hurt.
So as You, the Rakyat, are on the right track, get even more members of the Rakyat, especially Malay brothers and sisters, to join and stand in solidarity with YOU in peace and discipline and hold up high those brightly lit candles.
Then stand and watch as Syed Hamid Albar and this unaccountable and bad-governance oriented Government start to squirm in the heat and light of those radiant candles emitting Peopel Power/Makkal Sakthi/Kuasa Rakyat.
You are winning so don’t give in or give up!
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
the radio not dare to report on this incident
nat: yeah, i noticed that too