Posted in Activities, Party, Current Issues, Toll on Mar 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Friendly chat with SB before the start of the event.
At 16:30hr, the crowd gathered at the entrance of the Summit Square, while I was giving the opening speech.
When the police forced us to disperse, we moved inside the mall. We sat on the floor as a way to relax the tense atmosphere created by the […]
Posted in Activities, Party, Current Issues, Toll on Mar 19th, 2007 No Comments »
PROTEST held its 5th gathering in The Summit Square, USJ Subang this Sunday (18 March). The crowd began to congregate at about 16:00hr at the front gate.
As usual, the police came in full force. Their trucks and cars lined along the road, anti-riot squad was already on standby. Hours before our gathering, police and SB […]
Posted in Announcement, Current Issues, Toll on Mar 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
People might think that the anti-toll campaign is too quiet lately. Not true, the Anti Toll Hike Coalition will organize more protests in the coming months. The meeting held before the Chinese New Year had decided a series of continuous actions against the toll hike.
To sustain the momentum, PROTEST will organize a peaceful assembly every […]
Posted in Activities, Party, Announcement, Current Issues, Toll on Feb 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Angkatan Muda (Youth Wing) of Parti Keadilan Rakyat will hold a press conference in party HQ (Brickfields) at 11:00hr tomorrow (28 Feb). The press conference is said to reveal the SMART tunnel toll agreement. The government earlier announced that all contracts will be opened for public. It is not enough for the government to allow […]
Posted in Activities, Party, Current Issues, Toll on Feb 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Anti Toll Hike Coalition (PROTES) organized a small leaflting exercise on Saturday (24 Feb) at Masjid India area. We gathered about 15:00hr in front of the Mosque, some 20 activists turned up. We moved around the stalls to distribute leaflets on toll hike to shoppers and stall owners.
Unfortunately the weather was not the best for […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Toll, Freedom of Information on Feb 20th, 2007 2 Comments »
Now there is another twist on the OSA issue. On 19 Febrauary, the press reported that Samy Vellu made a new turn about on toll agreements. Samy claimed that the Prime Minister has in principle agreed that highway toll agreements should be declassified. In other words, the government will no longer treat toll agreements as […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Current Issues, Toll, Freedom of Information on Feb 13th, 2007 2 Comments »
I am amazed with Nazri. Sometimes I wonder he is a chameleon or is suffering some form of schizophrenia. Last year (19 September 2006) Nazri told in the Parliament: “We need the OSA to carry out the government’s task efficiently and without disturbance.”
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department now claimed that he disagrees with […]
Posted in Current Issues, Toll on Feb 6th, 2007 No Comments »
At Bukit Aman, ASP Rajakopal told me that the police had to pay a visit to my office. At 15:00hr, Rajakopal and his colleague ASP Sohaimi Daud arrived at Suara Keadilan office at Brickfields.
I must admit they did the raid ‘politely’. Although I was forewarned by lawyers that under OSA the police have the power […]
Posted in Current Issues, Toll, Freedom of Information on Feb 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Solidarity from Irene Fernandez
Press Statement: 2 February 2007
UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION OF THE CONSUMER: STOP THE LEGAL ACTION
The rapid response from the police to question three political leaders, Tan Sri Khalid, Tian Chua and Ronnie Liu arising from a police report made by Gabungan Pemimpin Mahasiswa Malaysia and Jaringan Pelajar Islam Se- Malaysia comes […]
Posted in Current Issues, Toll on Feb 1st, 2007 No Comments »
At about 18:30hr today, I received sms from Dr Hatta: the summon has finally arrived. So all four of us who posted in the photo in the press conference on LDP contract have been called for interrogation under the Official Secret Act on Monday 5 January.
These cops are really hard working. Even public holiday, they […]