Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Protes Inflation on Jan 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
Although 27 Jan was a Sunday, a magistrate was brought into the lock-up (Pudu Jail). At 14:00hr, all the detainees were brought out from the cell to the front entrance.
As usual, many hardworking and righteous lawyers volunteered their service to be our legal defence team. Our defence was led by Amer Hamzah.
We were aware that […]
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 Human Rights, Anwar, Protes Inflation on Jan 29th, 2008 16 Comments »
No doubt Malaysian police force is one of the world’s most efficient.
Under the leadership of Abdullah, police had acquired new efficiency in clamping down public protest.
Nowadays people could be arrested and charged with ‘illegal’ assembly, even though no assembly had taken place.
On 26 Jan the coalition of parties and NGOs planned to stage a protest […]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Economy, 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 […]