LIVE: Oil price hike protest
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2245: Anwar has addressed the crowd of not more than 10,000 people, about 85-90 per cent Malay, mostly young people. He explained the political circumstances surrounding the sodomy allegations at this time, saying there was great fear among the BN that they could lose power.
Najib came under fire too and Anwar told the crowd they could see the DPM’s office if they had any problems.
He also maintained that he could reduce the price of oil. How exactly he would accomplish this, he didn’t say. Instead, he said he would reveal more details on the 15th. My source at the scene believes that, from the hints he got from Anwar’s address, this could involve plugging leakages of funds. The event has now drawn to a close, thankfully without any major incident. Malaysians have once again asserted their right to freedom of expression and to freedom of assembly.
2200: Charles Santiago in the stadium reports that the crowd has now swelled to 10,000 as Kit Siang address the crowd.
2105: About 7,000 people are in the stadium now as the main speakers start arriving one by one.
2042: The stadium and the field are filling up. People are still arriving. The roads to the stadium are jammed.
1947: Malaysiakini reports that sections of the crowd were unhappy with a couple of the performances by two different rock bands. A member of one of the bands had shown his rear to the crowd; it was unclear if he had boxer shorts on. A mob rained projectiles on them, mostly water bottles. Earlier, about 700 Pas Amal members pulled out in protest at another rock band performance. That could partly explain the traffic jams later.1940: “The whole family is having a good time but the message here is serious. How can we enjoy our lives when the government makes our survival difficult with all these sudden price increases?” Mohamed Helmy Nor, who picnicked with his family on the pitch, to AFP.
“We want prices lowered — we are suffering but the government appears to be doing nothing.” Aminah Rahman, who along with her two young daughters was dressed in a red T-shirts and scarf, to AFP.
1927: As the crowd at Kelana Jaya gears up for ceramah by the big guns later tonight, Berita Harian reports that police will use the Sedition Act against speakers in Kelana Jaya who spread untruths and slander.
Polis akan mengambil tindakan mengikut Akta Hasutan terhadap penganjur dan penceramah yang menyampaikan ucapan berbaur hasutan dan fitnah pada perhimpuanan memprotes harga minyak di Stadium Kelana Jaya, di sini, hari ini.
Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Khaled Abu Bakar, berkata tindakan itu dilakukan dengan mengambil kira kandungan ucapan pemimpin yang terbabit dalam perhimpunan itu.
Khaled berkata, sehingga tengah hari ini, tiada insiden kekacauan dilaporkan tetapi penduduk berhampiran mengadu mereka tidak selesa dengan keadaan itu.
1526: “I won’t be at the stadium due to fuel price hike. Howeve, I share the sentiment of the rakyat on the need to get the message across to the govt about the impact of such a huge increase in the petrol price. My family household expenses increased around 25%. Mana boleh tahan - no more holidays or family outings to the zoo or beach.” Malaccan via comments
1522: “Hi Anil, just came back from the Stadium. I went there in the morning, about 10k ppl in there and ppl are filing in (carnival like atmosphere). Tian Chua and Ronnie Liu gave speeches. No army in sight.
“DSAI, Lim Kit Siang and Nik Aziz will be there tonight. Crowds from East Coast and up North, some down south. The “red army” personnel said there are more coming from the East Coast, up North (they have hired buses). He is from Johor. He said there a few blocks on the way. I went from SS2 so no (road) blocks. But going back to town (after the PJ arch) there is block.
“Planning to go later again. Ppl from KL and Selangor, pls show your support. It is not as bad as the police and mainstream media have reported. The gathering is rather peaceful and well coordinated. Hope we can reach the 1 million figure tonite…See you all there!!!” Adrian Ng via comments
1430: People are going in and out of the stadium and surrounding areas, making it difficult to estimate the number who have come, but about 5,000 people are still in the stadium. The tempo is expected to pick up later this evening once the big names start addressing the rally.
1210: My other source inside the stadium confirms over the phone that the stadium looks more like a 20,000 seater. He says that about 5,000 are already inside the stadium and the programme could be extended to midnight.
1145: My source reports that the stadium is already half full. He said the stadium capacity is actually more like 20,000, so that would mean about 10,000 are already in the stadium. Traffic around the Sungai Way area seems all right but roads are blocked further away from Kelana Jaya.
1135: Charles Santiago, the MP for Klang, tells me over the phone he has received reports that about 2,000-3,000 people are already inside the Kelana Jaya Stadium about half an hour ago. He is heading there tonight for the ceramahs.
1110: Apparently, certain roads/highways leading to Kelana Jaya have been blocked.
1055: “In one way, I am happy with the petrol price hike, because traffic is ligher these days and the usual journey from Ampang to Kelana Jaya takes half the time after the price hike - but people are suffering now,” says another KL resident who plans to go for the protest. “I don’t like Anwar, but I hope there will be a change of government.” But he says he has heard of horrendous traffic jams around Kelana Jaya this morning and there are three-lane roads reduced to a single lane. He is worried it could take him 3-5 hours to reach Kelana Jaya today.
1045: Rocky’s blog has reportedly gone “on strike”. But we welcome back Raja Petra: Malaysia Today is now accessible at this URL: http://202.75.62.194/
1030: A crowd of a few thousand is already inside the 50,000-capacity Kelana Jaya Stadium for this day-long event, culminating with ceramahs tonight. It’s not a huge crowd so far. A light police presence outside. Contrary to speculation, there is no sign of the army on the streets, says my source already in the stadium.
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Thanks for the new Malaysia Today address, Anil. Just read Raja Petra’s “And the winner is….”. It looks like I’m not the only one to wonder about where Badawi is in all of this.
Some might think that not all good and bad can be put down to his inertia, but doesn’t it seem odd that the end result is killing two birds with one stone?
As I said earlier, Houdini would be well impressed.
Analysis - Sodomy Allegation and SDs; Who the real conspirators are? The invincible and power 3rd party behind all this?
Let’s track the issue and see if we can detect who the real conspirators are likely to be.
Anwar’s people accuse Najib as being the conspirator in the sodomy allegation, and vice versa i.e. Anwar’s people meanwhile being accused of masterminding the statutory declarations (SD) implicating Najib.
But is there a possibility that there is an invisible yet powerful third party who is conspiring to ignite a war between Anwar and Najib?
Let’s find out.
1) It would be extremely foolish for Najib to meet Saiful at the comfort of Najib’s residence barely a few days before Saiful’s police report was leaked to the media, if Najib is really part of the conspiracy to smear Anwar. And I don’t think Najib is that foolish. It looks more as though Najib is being set-up by a third party.
2) Why would Saiful would want to meet Najib first before lodging a police report? Who suggested to Saiful to meet Najib and who facilitated his meeting with Najib? The same third party?
3) How come it wasn’t the police but Anwar that leaked Saiful’s police report to the media? Who gave such info to Anwar? The same third party?
4) A photo of Saiful and Najib’s aide, and photos of Saiful with 3 other Ministers appeared on the internet in the middle of the night i.e. within hours of Anwar’s press conference. Is it the same third party, who has a ‘file’ on Saiful who sent such photos to Anwar’s camp in order to link Najib to the accusation?
5) Anwar claimed to have recently obtained some evidence linking the IGP and AG to some wrongdoings. Again, the same third party sent that dossier to Anwar?
6) Balasundram claimed that he made the 1st SD under duress. Is it the same third party that forced Bala to make that 1st SD?
7) Anwar claims the (govt) is plotting to assassinate him. Who feed him such ridiculous info? The same third party again?
[Balasubramaniam's retraction statutory declaration was affirmed before commissioner of oaths Zainal Abidin Muhayat, bearing an address that has been traced to Zul Rafique & Partners - a pro-establishment law firm owned by Zulkifly Rafique who is Federal Territories minister Zulhasnan Rafique's brother. Raja Petra has many articles on this legal firm]
An invisible and powerful third party behind all the above?
Think about it.
Now, assuming if Anwar’s sexual tendencies is true as alleged (even 10 judges agreed with that. See
1) Dr M: Court ruling doesn’t mean Anwar didn’t do it
2) “If we count, we will find that all the 10 judges who heard the case of Anwar sodomising Azizan (Abu Bakar, his former family driver) agreed that Anwar committed sodomy, although the two (judges) used technical reasons to not find him guilty,” he said in his blog Che Det.
i) Is it a possibility that Saiful (being a jambu..) is being ‘planted’ in Anwar’s office as a way to ‘induce and trap’ Anwar (even without Saiful realising he is being used) by the same third party? (Well,one way is to find out from Saiful who suggested to him and facilitated his entry into Anwar’s office).
2) Is there a possibility that there sodomy case did happen as alleged (as it was a trap laid by the third party using Saiful even without the latter’s knowledge), and its exposure is however being manipulated to link to Najib (again, by the same third party)? So that a war will ignite between Anwar and Najib?
No doubt such exposure at the end of the day is putting the Government in a bad light, thanks to Anwar’s powerful spin and propaganda machine. No doubt Paklah as the head of the Govt is the one affected since confidence in his Govt is being eroded by claims of conspiracy and link to a murder case etc.
But such bad publicity for the Govt has no immediate and tangible impact at all since the next general election is 4-5 years away!
Having said that, however, if we were to compare between Paklah, Najib and Tun Dr. M, the impact of such allegations (both alleged sodomy and SD linking to Altantuya’s murder) have varying effect on the three of them, with Paklah being the least affected!
Why?
The mainstream media is having a full day recapping the recent sodomy allegation to the 1998 sodomy charge against Anwar; implying that a political conspiracy was hatched by the previous Administration at that time, . thus putting Tun in a bad light. Even the IGP and AG are now accused by Anwar to be part of the conspirators back then.
At the same time, the Statutory Declarations (By Bala and RPK) gave bad publicity to Najib.
Despite all these, notice that Anwar (through Wan Azizah) actually met Paklah to seek help and assurance from him. So in essence, Paklah personally is not affected (in the court of public opinion) at all by those allegations. But Najib and Tun, yes.
Assuming that there is indeed an invisible and powerful third party which plotted and hatched the conspiracies to pit the two camps (Anwar’s and Najib’s) with each other, what is their main motive then?
Well, one can’t help but notice that the ONLY major political event coming up is the UMNO elections due at the end of the year!
With UMNO’s divisions in at least four states, UMNO’s Management Committee (Najib, Muhyiddin, Rafidah, Hishamuddin and Noraini) and even the majority of Supreme Council members putting strong pressure on Paklah to step down, Paklah’s position looks increasingly untenable. Judging from the mood on the ground, there are even talks that some forces are hatching that Paklah won’t get enough nominations from UMNO divisions to even qualify to run as President!
Since Najib has indicated that he hasn’t decided whether to contest the presidency (thus implying that he is open to being nominated as President), the real battle taking place now is actually on the ground in UMNO’s over 200 division. And not in the media!
The only way (that the conspirators think?) for Paklah to survive politically is to (perhaps) ensure that (alleged) ‘dirt’ sticks on his successor hoping that either one of these two things may happen;
1) Najib may succumb due to the pressure and declare publicly (or even privately to the Divisions) that he will not accept nominations to the post of President (Who knows maybe the ‘attacks’ on him may stop after that?)
2) Even if he does not do that and willing to be nominated instead, the bad publicity from those allegations (they hope) may deter UMNO Divisions from nominating him as President since he is tainted.
Makes sense?
Now, isn’t it clear from the analysis above that the third party (if it exists) is not only pitting Anwar against Najib, but is also ’s******’ both of them as well?
Isn’t it clear that Tun Dr. M’s name is also being dragged in the mud as well from the sodomy allegations? (kiling two birds wil one stone, eh?)
Isn’t it clear that the clear winner in both cases is actually Paklah? Mere coincidence?
Now the question is – At the end of the day, will we actually get to know the truth what happened in both cases (sodomy allegation against Anwar & Altantuya murder case)?
Or a round of deception for political expediency will take place, yet again?
…….and the best part is, you don’t actually have to throw the stone.
Thanks Anil for the live feed. Although I cannot be there at the stadium, I do share the sentiments of those present.
Thanks Anil, I will be following this.
Meantime, RPK’s Malaysia Today is also up at http://www.malaysia-today.net/
A thought has just cross my mind, my concern is for Bala, a ‘flip, flop’ person (may not his intention) is of no use to the … anymore because he has served their objective. The … men are in town and I think Bala is aware of it. … I genuinely fear for Bala and his family and I hope, I AM WRONG. Give that poor chap a break! His sds have brought to everybody’s minds the suspicion of the evil doers and further doubts on AG and IGP efficiency….let’s wait and see what more dirty tricks will be used by these s***bags.
keep d live updates coming!!
good job!
are we being diverted on July 6th, 2008 at 11.17am,
mathias chang agrees with you = http://www.futurefastforward.com/component/content/article/162
Very regret cannot join the party, KL too far from Penang. However, we support ur move……. Gambade Malaysian. Today we all are Hero!
Bias Video Clip - Anwar’s price hike rally
from BK Lim to newseditor@channelnewsasia.com
In your recent video clip on the above, you incorrectly showed UMNO youths protesting outside the US Embassy for the comments made by Casey - as interference into the Malaysian political affairs. At the same time, your commentators was reading news about Anwar’s impending Mass Rally against the recent petrol price hike on 6th July.
This gives the impression that the present Malaysian Govt is tolerant of peaceful public demonstrations which could not be further from the truth. Further the video clip focused on the signboard which was hostile to the US giving the impression that the Anwar’s impending Mass Rally against the recent petrol price hike on 6th July is against the US - which again couldn’t be further from the truth. The scene of street protest is quickly followed by silence scenes of Anwar giving speeches in his rally; again implying he was speaking “the message against the US” as shown in the immediate preceding street protest. If you need to show the street protests by the opposition parties (PR) then please show video clips of earlier street protests by PR (eg by the HINDRAF, or the massive protests on 5th Nov 2007) where brutal actions by the police were recorded.
The whole impression of the news clip is simply misleading and conflicting. Hope your future reporting will be less bias and more professional. Perhaps then CNA can then grow to be a premier news channel the free world can depend on.
Thank you. and regards
BK Lim
For a free and just Malaysia.
This kind of politicking is obsolete.We have seen this in many countries and it only leads you nowhere.Malaysia is really behind in time when it comes to healthy politics. There is not even one leader in Malaysia who is capable of leading the people with integrity,uprightness,honesty,selflessness with true commitment to good public service and justice to the people and nation.
All Malaysians have to learn a lot from other countries that have succeeded in the long past.We are seriously behind many countries when it comes to politics.Why don’t we humble ourselves and learn the good things in life instead of learning bad politicking.
Hi Anil, just came back from the Stadium. I went there in the morning, about 10k ppl in there and ppl are filing in (carnival like atmosphere). Tian Chua and Ronnie Liu gave speeches. No army in sight.
DSAI, Lim Kit Siang and Nik Aziz will be there tonight. Crowds from East Coast and up North, some down south. The Red Army personnel said there are more coming from the East Coast, up North (they have hired buses). He is from Johor. He said there a few blocks on the way. I went from SS2 so no blocks. But going back to town (after the PJ arch) there is block.
Planning to go later again. Ppl from KL and Selangor, pls show your support. It is not as bad as the police and mainstream media has reported. The gathering is rather peaceful and well coordinated. Hope we can reach the 1 million figure tonite…See you all there!!!
you see, it is not the issue of anuar or najib or dolah. what the rakyat will gain most is when there is a 2-party system in the country. it is the governmnet versus the opposition and the opposition versus the governmnet. the rakyat wants a better deal as the country’s economy is going down the drains. let’s not turn leaders into a cult figure. this is bad for the rakyat. leaders come and go. if anuar is not there, nurul can take over. if dolah is not there, perhaps another BN leader can take over. but, they must be leaders who are committed to the progress of this country. ultimately, let the rakyat choose between them. suppression is bad for the country. monopoly of power is also bad. why can’t malaysians learn from the US on this issue. what a waste we are going through…
Hahaha, judging by uncle Najib’s response today, the purpose of the exercise was to create doubt about Bala’s credibility, but get this, only in relation to the first sd.
I won’t be at the stadium due to fuel price hike. Howeve, I share the sentiment of rakyats the need to get the message across to the govt about the impact to such huge increase in the petrol price. My family household expenses increased around 25%. Mana boleh tahan and no more holiday or family outings to zoo or beach.
due to logistic n lack of expenditure,we won’t be able to make it to “protes’,but we are definitely wearing ‘red’ as chorus!!hidup bangsa malaysia!!!!
Lets talk about Bala.
1.His nephew said the phone ring but no anwser - ok he refuse to anwser.
2.Latest statement from police - Bala dispear and they asking for Interpol/Asianpol or whatever polls standing.
Handphone is a tools of communication.(dont believe)
If the hp is onn mode there is a signal - from here any smart inteligence cops/army/special branch/the polls can trace where they are.(by contacting the telcoms provider)
If the handphone is off and have roaming but not anwsered - the voice mail of the country sexy woman voice will ask to leave message or cant be contacted in their country language (subject to whether you understand their english slang).
SO ANYONE HAVE BALA H/P NUMBER?
Try it whether he is in the country or hijack by someone with his beloved one and his h/p is chuck in someone drawer.
If Bala h/p is normal ringtone (without music) the ringtone is different althou he dont anwser if he is outside MALAYSIA.
Rajraman @ CIA.The poll is standing like lamp post waiting for someone to shift me where they want because i am nobody although i am happy guy…..why? ask anil
The above information is leaked out.If anyone have is H/P number try out now.
rajraman.Next time i will take out the battery of my H/p
My whole hearted support to the people at the rally. It is too expensive for me to drive down to KL all the way. Cheers
Anil,
I read in Malaysia today about the pull out if pas 700 party workers.
Do you have latest update?
Thank you for the link, Giko. And to think all those praises about Mahathir convert Mat Chang’s writings bore some validity.
According to our friend, who considers himself a seasoned political strategist, Badawi denied any involvement but went on to say that he did not think that Najib had any intention to do that. Talk about taking things out of context. Badawi was responding to Anwar’s accusation that the BN was behind the latest sodomy allegations against him, so it would be natural for Badawi to deny them on behalf of the BN as a whole. That would presumably include Najib, since he is his deputy, would it not?
Mat posed the question ‘When was the dagger plunged into the heart of Najib?’, and went on to assert that no one noticed, that it was an almost perfect plan, that they did not count on him seeing through their scheme and, get ready for this, hence his delay in writing this article, as he wanted to see if anyone else noticed this insidious plan. Talk about illusions of grandeur. Anyone can say anything with the benefit of hindsight.
Even when Badawi clarified…..to say that the goverment will (not) repeat what was CONSIDERED as a conspiracy, this is not true…, it seems our friend wishes to read more into it by deducing that by implication, Badawi is indirectly accusing the previous administration of conspiracy.
You can’t win with people like him. Mahathir and he are made for each other is what I think.
Dear Anil
As usual Raj Raman sounds like he has posted a comment after downing 15 stouts. Totally irrelevant to the subject of ‘Oil price hike protest.’
Raj Raman has this habit of frequently s******g all over other peoples’ blogs with disjointed and jumbled up comments in pathetic English.
My advice to Raj Raman - sober up and start your own log. That way more serious-minded bloggers can avoid you!
I really dont get it y malaysia ppl re still not thinking wisely! hmmmm doin rally and encourage ppl frm all over the state for support but in the end of rally also wat they gain or change? To think like this n participate in rally i think most stupid idea of a fellow thinking himself very smart but not actually. This malaysia is not public democratic country to hear the voice of malaysian public so wats the point of protest without direct action!
If malaysians really all one heart to protest the gov for fuel hike why dont u ppl stop buyings fuels frm petronas totally in all over the state whole malaysia. Why dont u all make the change as hit petronas wil effect gov also and it wil make petronas look for gov n gov seek for public. Its all in public hand how we do it to prevent or encourage it to goes. Follow other country is own stupid our country gov never follow laws as malaysia boleh n laws also can be changed as n when it needs.
Stop think of bala issue also as the gov (should) know more better his wherebouts. There is no such thing the gov or immirgation dept dont know if he out of malaysia okay so stop being foolish by others n gossips.
RM625/= rebate given by BN Govt to owners of cars up to 2000c.c. as well as rebates in cash of less than RM200/=to motorcycle owners. AAB says this is because the BN govt. understand the sufferings of the people and this is to reduce their burden. AAB had also said that the people should not depend on subsidies too much as the BN govt cannot afford to keep on subsidising.
Now, if the reasons given by AAB are true I would have supported him 100%. But the 6th July 2008’s Mingguan Malaysia reported the KSU of Domestic Trade and Industry ministry as saying that the Govet is forced to pay RM500 million in commission to petrol station dealers all over the country as a result of the Govet’s announcement of an increase in the dealers’ commission from 9.5 sen to 12.19 sen per litre of petrol and 4.5 sen to 9 sen per litre of diesel sold by them. The reason given was that some parties refused to cooperate to resolve the fuel price increase crisis!
What ridiculous reason is the Govt giving for using the people’s money to pay commission to petrol dealers. Such commission should be paid by the multinational oil companies to their dealers and not the Govt. Why should our money be used to pay to the dealers whom we know are making lots of profit due to the huge increase in fuel price as naturally more quantities of fuel will need to be purchased by users as compared to previously. With this commission being paid to the dealers from our people’s money the actual quantum of increment in fuel price will not be 41% for petrol but will be more! So also will it be for diesel.
Wow! What a generous Govt we have in Malaysia. Any company which thinks that it is unable to cope with the fuel crisis can go and get from the Govt extra commission instead of asking from the supplier(s). So, I hereby call upon all businessmen, taxi drivers, transport operators, ferry operators, etc., etc. who are unable to cope with the fuel price crisis to demand from the Govt subsidies similar in nature to that of the petrol dealers. The Govt should not discriminate by only paying to petrol dealers and not others.
I hereby also call upon the official who was responsible for this fiasco to resign and the BN Govt to rescind the decision to pay this commission to the petrol dealers.
“Showing his buttocks”? Mana ada? A mountain out of a molehill situation made worse by inaccurate description.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqh8izH8k4
Anyway, congratulations to the crowd, whose unruly response proved that such rock concerts and protest gatherings spell ‘trouble’ and ‘violence’.
Civil society will find it a little harder to claim their democratic right to assemble peacefully now.
Bring on the FRU!
Dear Anil,
You did not post any new article today?
What about PMs comment that “the people are fed up” with the opposition such as this “oil hike protest”?
Well, he is only right on the part that we the people are FED UP..
BUT fed up on what?? thats the difference…
WE ARE FED UP, YES, VERY VERY FED UP… with
1. (Badawi) as PM
2. … Fat Mama as DPM
3. Clowning act of SIL at 4th Flr
4. Mee Sodom as an on going topic…
5. Mamak … as the has been PM, with a loud mouth talking c***.
6. The Bolehland Hollywood Bollywood Sandiwara, making … Bolehland a laughing stock to the rest of the world
AND MOST OF ALL, WE ARE SIMPLY BLOODY FED UP WITH
aaaaaaanything to do with UMNO, BN, Ketuanan Melayu, Religion, Sensitive Issue, ISA, OSA, Sedition, ….. all from A to Z
I simpley wish all of these …. simply dissappear and be sent to heaven and hell overnight…
we are soooooo tired…..
I wish Anwar will stop doing that, making a stance/allegation/charge, stating a date that he will make further expose, and before we know it our attention is diverted by yet another scandalous happening in the country. why wait? i see a pattern emerging, and it’s beginning to wear thin.