Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Protes Inflation on Jan 31st, 2008 3 Comments »
Lately, the canteen of IPK became a regular hangout for me.
Whenever there was a mass arrest, the canteen area would be used for temporary retention site. Probably the area is the only available space big enough to hold a large number of people.
The atmosphere of arrest had been quite different in comparison to the Reformasi [...]
Posted in Activities, Economy, Human Rights, Protes Inflation on Jan 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Now BN is synonym with “Barang Naik”. We have warned the government the risk of hyper-inflation a long time ago.
Instead of implementing prudent measures to stimulate economic growth, the government was busy launching various megaprojects and corridors. These projects bring in no investment in short-term, but partly contributed to inflationary pressure.
Anyway, it looks like we [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Judiciary on Jan 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Happy Pongal! “Thai piranthal vazhi pirakkum!”
Today is the New Year of Tamil calendar. It is the first day of the month of Thai, and the full moon day of this month is called Thaipusam.
I attended the ceremony of Pongal celebration in Tasek, near Ipoh. The function was organized by our KeADILan activist Arjunan. Perak KeADILan [...]
Posted in Activities, BERSIH, Party on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
I was already making my way to the airport this morning when I was told by my lawyers that I must come to court immediately.
My bail had been extended twice. The group of us arrested on 11 December had twice came to court, but the police were not prepared. I was told that I had [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Jan 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
I spent my Saturday and Sunday in Perak for various programs.
On 5 Jan night, KeADILan organized a public talk in Pusing, a town within Parliament Batu Gajah.
The next evening Sunday (6 Jan), we held another public talk in Kg Sinee within Ipoh Canning Garden state constituency.
This form of public talk was different from the ceramah [...]
Posted in Activities, Current Issues, Party, Talks on Jan 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
The majority of Pantai Remis’ inhabitants are fisher folk. Some of them are small plantation holders. The parliament constituency is under the MP of Bruas Lim Keng Yeik who is also the Minister of Energy, Water and Communications. Despite being under the patronage of a minister and president of a BN party, the community remains [...]
Posted in Activities, HINDRAF, Human Rights, Politics on Dec 1st, 2007 No Comments »
“Makkal Shakti” was the slogan for the peaceful assembly on Sunday 25 November 2007. It can be literally translated as “People’s Power” (Makkal=people; Shakti=power). It is interesting that the phrase has a similar connotation as “Suara Rakyat, Suara Keramat”. I guess the literal translation for our Reformasi slogan would be “Makkal Osai Makkal Shakti”.
I am [...]
Posted in Activities, HINDRAF, Human Rights, Politics on Nov 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
As early as 04:00hr in the morning I began to receive reports of police attack. A few phone call woke me up from my sleep telling me that Gobalakrishnan and Kalai have been arrested, and police were using force to disperse people in the temple of Batu Cave.
I made arrangement with our KeADILan and Reformasi [...]
Posted in Activities, BERSIH, Visual on Nov 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
10 November 2007: A proud day for Malaysian people!
Here is a slide arranged in the sequence of the events as I experienced on that day:
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Nov 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Parti Keadilan Rakyat Batu Division held an open house for Hari Raya and Deepavali on 11 November 2007 from 14:00hr to 18:00hr:
Raya Open House