Rally Against ISA

Aug 1 is going down in Malaysian history as another memorable date because the people had risk many things to take a stand against the draconian law which provide for detention without trial. The Najib led government try to head off this rally by all the tricks in hthe book: eg they said that the Government is going to amend the ISA anyway-so they want ideas and not demonstration. However Najib is definitely not welcoming the idea of totally abolishing ISA-reflected by the heavy handed way he try to stop the rally on Aug 1st. He made himself a laughing stock of all democracies since the aim of mobilising so many security forces is just to stop some citizens from sending a memorandum to the King.

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Absolutely NO to ISA…on a lazy Malaysian Sunday

By Sim Kwang Yang

As I write, at 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon, following news of the anti-ISA protest in down town Kuala Lumpur on the Internet, I can imagine how the city centre 8 miles away from my Cheras home has turned into a war zone.

The protesters numbering in the tens of thousands must be playing hide and seek with the massive police presence there.  In the past few hours, the Police have arrested hundreds of protesters in various parts of the city.  The chemical-laced water canons and tear gas have been deployed, but the crowds do not seem to have been intimidated.

The hectic chaos in KL city centre is reminiscent of the massive protest about 10 years ago after the arrest and detention of Anwar Ibrahim.  The happy days of POLITIK JALANRAYA are back again.