Oct 112008
This was the scene outside the PJ Sessions Court this week. The woman in red holding the cane is RPK’s neighbour.
This is the van they use to transport RPK to court (Photos by Rakyat@Work)
Over in Bukit Mertajam, about 50 people turned up for an Abolish ISA vigil held tonight. Another vigil is expected to be held in PJ, tomorrow night.
The RPK trial resumes on Monday morning.
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Thanks for the updates, Anil. All right-minded Malaysians are praying for RPK to be given fair treatment. The ISA being used against him is cruel.
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RPK u have my full support.Those who deny u ur freedom are a bunch of cowards,U Must Not Oppress,ISA is a Sin in any religion,those who use it to stifle others has religion just under ur jubah,not in ur heart.Long Live our heroes,Rpk included.
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It’s obvious, majority malays are not supporting RPK. The fact is, he is the one looking for trouble. Of cause, through the internet, you can write anything but you have to be held responsible for whatever you wrote. If I were RPK, I would admit that I wrote the article. He should object when his lawyers tried to suggest that somebody else is writing and posting it… WHAT A SHAME!
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Fellow Malaysians, is this what you really want (see article)? Reject dictatorship and support true democracy — first step, let’s use our voices to free RPK and all ISA detainees:
Zaid: Mahathir is back in power with Najib
By Leslie Lau Consultant Editor
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/10327-
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – Former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim says Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s impending rise to become Umno president and Prime Minister marks the return of “Mahathirism”.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, he said, will become Malaysia’s “de facto PM”, standing behind Najib.
He said the fall of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is a result of Dr Mahathir prevailing.
Zaid, who resigned recently from Abdullah’s Cabinet in protest against the use of the Internal Security Act, said he did not expect Najib to continue Abdullah’s reform agenda once he takes over.
“Legal and constitutional reforms make you less powerful, more accountable and less able to use the privileges of power.
“Why would someone trained and schooled by Dr Mahathir introduce reforms. Have you heard Najib speak of reforms?” he told The Malaysian Insider.
Zaid said he expects Najib’s administration to be more authoritarian with more controls and restrictions compared to that of Abdullah’s.
Abdullah, he said, believed in reforms, but “he did not have the stomach” to push through the changes needed.
During the interview he also responded to allegations made against him by Dr Mahathir on the latter’s blog recently.
In his chedet.com blog, Dr Mahathir accused Zaid of being in Perth, Australia during the March general election, and for helping the Pas candidate win the Kota Baru constituency against the Barisan Nasional.
Dr Mahathir also criticised Zaid’s move as minister to have the government institute ex-gratia payments to the judges who were sacked as a result of the 1988 judicial crisis.
Said Zaid in response: “He says I helped the Pas candidate, but the fact is Pas was going to win no matter what because of the anti-BN mood.
“He has conveniently forgotten that he actively asked the people to vote against BN to teach Abdullah a lesson.”
Zaid added that Dr Mahathir would never be able to accept why ex-gratia payments were made to the judges because it reflects badly on his legacy as Prime Minister.
He said Dr Mahathir would never understand the need for reforms because, to him, “more authoritarianism is better”.
The former minister said Malaysia’s political and economic uncertainties today is a result of Dr Mahathir.
He also blamed Dr Mahathir for Umno’s unpopularity and lack of proper leadership.
“The truth is we have had no proper election since 1987,” he said in reference to the year in which Dr Mahathir defeated Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah by a wafer-thin majority to retain the Umno presidency.
Soon after that election, Umno was declared illegal in a court case which led eventually to the 1988 judicial crisis and the sacking of judges involved in the case.
Under Dr Mahathir, the Societies Act was also subsequently amended disallowing judicial review of any political party decision.
“After the Societies Act was amended the president of Umno could do anything.
“You have destroyed the fabric of our lives as a democracy. Have you not done enough?”
Zaid said Malaysia faced an uncertain and more authoritarian future when Najib takes over.
“You had 23 years of Dr Mahathir, so let’s say Najib lasts for 10 years as PM with Mahathir behind him. That means a total of 33 years under Dr Mahathir.”
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… Wah, now got Najib’s handphone number can call and ask for scholarship – hooray! You help saifool right? Must help more Malaysian mah. Can also ask him why so garang on tv the other day; already so ugly some more want to make ugly faces and shout at people.
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the bn govt should learn this.NEVER DISTURB A TIGER SITTING UNDER THE SHADE OF A TREE AFTER A SUMPTOUS MEAL.YOU DISTURB HIM AND HE IS GOING TO MAUL YOU.SYED ALBA (APPEARS TO HAVE) SET A “TRAP” FOR RPK AND THE WHOLE GOVT IS IN DOLDRUMS AFTER THE (ALLEGED) SMS EXCHANGES BETWEEN NAJIN AND LAWYER SHAFEE.THE AG HAS NOT BEEN SPARED EITHER AND THE IGP IS SILENT…. THE TIGER IS LAUGHING AWAY TO GLORY AND MY ADVISE TO ANNUAR PLAY YOUR CARDS WELL FOR YOU ARE DEALIN WITH …
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Photos from Anti-ISA Candle-light Vigil in PJ, 12th October – FREE RPK
http://iwfrpk.blogspot.com/2008/10/anti-isa-candlelight-vigil-oct-12.html
From tonight onwards, Team RPK said there will be an Anti-ISA Candle-light Vigil at the padang behind A&W, next to Taman Jaya Putra LRT, starting 8pm. More and more people are starting to come and support RPK and all the ISA detainees. Even the cars passing by horn loudly to give their support. Come with a friend next Sunday, it’s a peaceful gathering of Malaysians who believe in a free and democratic Malaysia.
“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“All through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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