If you visited Kamunting today, do share your citizen journalist eye-witness accounts in the comments below:
Blog reader Rakyat@Work comments:
Way to go folks. Keep it up. Thank you all you great people. God bless all of you. Tell RPK that many more ‘reserve’ supporters (those like me who cannot make it for the trip) are still around. Don’t worry, we will continue to support and uphold him and family in prayer as well. Have fun. Cheers. Wish I was there.
1142: The crowd is singing ‘Negaraku‘ now before dispersing. They have lots of lots of flowers and cards outside the camp, but these are unlikely to reach the detainees.
Another contact at the scene reports that the crowd earlier had sung two numbers, ‘We are Malaysians‘ (sung to the tune of ‘We are the world‘) and a ‘Selamat Hari Raya‘ song. “Everyone is so cheerful and glad to be here,” says my contact, adding that Marina was touched by the show of support. The turnout today is estimated to be in the region of 200 to 300.
1133: Some 200 people are now gathered outside the Kamunting Detention Camp, many of them clad in black T-shirts. Among them are Raja Petra’s wife Marina Lee and blogger Amiruddin, the Wartawan Rasmi Laman Reformasi. Amirudin says people in the crowd have been leaving cards and flowers for the detainees.
0955: A couple of other cars with Raya well-wishers from KL are reaching the Taiping Utara toll booth now and they will probably have breakfast in Taiping. A few other cars are expected to arrive from Ipoh as well. They are all expected to meet up in Kamunting at around 11.00am.
0950: Two vans full of people along with a convoy of about seven to eight cars from Penang have left for Kamunting to convey their Raya wishes to the ISA detainees. My contact in the convoy says others are expected to drive directly to Kamunting from Penang, Ipoh, KL and elsewhere.
This morning, some concerned Malaysians are heading to the Kamunting Detention Centre to convey their Raya greetings to Raja Petra and the other ISA detainees there.
When we wonder how an event is going on, we can always count on you to give a live update. Thanks for all you do.
From one Malaysian to another: Selamat Hari Raya to you.
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While you guys were travelling to Kumunting, those UMNO … particular Najib, Botak and their families members and cronies were having merry time filling their fat pot bellies with the makan and minum and laughter gained through the 50 years of … …
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Thank you!
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Way to go folks. Keep it up. Thank you all you great ppl. God bless of you. Tell RPK that many more ‘Reserved’ supporters (those like me who cannot make it for the trip)are still around. Don’t worry, we will continue to support and uphold him and family in prayer as well. Have fun, Cheers. Wish I was there.
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May all those who come with the goodness of the heart
Never from their noble goals in seeking justice depart
They are never there to partake of the food like tarts
When their desire is only to throw their freedom darts
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 021008
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Thur. 2nd Oct. 2008.
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Thanks everyone who can manage to visit the Kamunting detainees and especially our national hero RPK. Our hero will always be re remember in the history of Malaysia as well as those evil ones who put RPK into Kamunting. Those evil ones who done those evil acts during the month of Ramadan will be recorded in the history of the muslim world and in our beloved land called Malaysia. Their generations will never forget what their evil forefather had done to RPK. These evil ones will never die in peace. This is the universal law, whether you believe it or not. These universal law belongs to no any religions but it a natural law to reward the good people and punish the wicked people. Time will come to see the truth.
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I was there with my two daughters.
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Thank you Anil for keeping us living down under informed. It is good, to see so many conscious Malaysians do care for RPK and other detainees. The spirit of ONENESS, the desire for freedom, will never be beaten by these arrogant men in power.
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The conscience of the rakyat is locked up together with you, Pete.
“To err is human, to forgive is divine.”
We should thus leave the forgiving to God.
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Let’s pray that RPK and The Hindraf 5 are released soon. Advocate no violence. This will soon open the heart of our prime minister to consider releasing them. These detainees are advocates of truth and justice and this is also based on the fundamental teachings of all religions. Islam seeks truth and justice. Engage them in dialogues and seek the truth. This is what democracy is all about. The people should not be detained for the political survival of some aspiring politicians. The world is watching.
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Dear RPK, 5Hindraf and other detainees in Kamunting,
You all not with us but our prayers are always with you. Please be rest assured that we will fight peacefully until you are released. May God Bless You All.
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It was a great show of support Anil, i was there , baru balik rumah actually, kinda tired.. lol .. this is the difference , tired for being under the sun for the rakyat, not like pak lah who yawns in an air conditioned convention, lol .. it was great … wonderful support, police were quiet, i spotted FRU with batons but they were like 200 metres away from the crowd. it was great, Marina Lee was there, manage to pass my bouquet of flowers to her and manage to see her in LIVE actually .. rather than pics in media… even spotted press IBC from Australia… We sang songs, shirts of anti ISA was selling like hot cakes, anyway the camp looks like a rat hole, poor detainees, they don’t deserve such life.
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There are rarely chances that you can see so many chinese aunties chanting ‘free free rpk’ and ‘mansuhkan isa’.
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Anil,
Just came back. I leave the “usual” reporting to you and the others.
Just two observations I like to share.
1.The Penang group came with their BMWs, Mercedes, and MPVs. I have the good fortune to be “chauferred” in a Mercs. Thanks to my blogger friend Romerz. I was relieved that I didn’t drive there with my red Proton Saga!
2. Of course we couldn’t even get near the main gate. But Marina was there and we “gave” her our unreserved support, flowers, cards and 2 songs as reported. I took a cautious peep into the inside compound and saw a big sign “SELAMAT DATANG’. How come we couldn’t go in when it’s Selamat Datang? I think the sign is meant for RPK and his comrades inside.
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You think the government hears
The people complaints and unfairness treatments
Sounding it loud in the air, letters and emails
Maybe they don’t read at all…………
Into the hands of the structured hierarchy
They are cushioned of the daily affairs
They think we are children
Playing marbles on the streets
Flying kites on the fields and roundabout
Tuning up toy cars; have a good run
We don’t know what ills the country
What the government leaders and little warlords do
Arranging and disarranging plots and twists
The people suffer tears flow in their eyes
Electing them to take care of us
Running the economy in a fair manner
Accountability and corruption free
Yet we never get our shares
We are treated like crumbs tossed to the ground
Nothing we say and criticize they want to hear
They are cushioned by the little warlords of the daily affairs
Wearing t-shirts and protests
The police block everywhere
Some handled unprofessionally
Cowing the people forgetting the roles
Protect the people not antagonize them
RPK and other detainees
If they run foul of a law, charge them in court
Let them defend of what they do and say
Detention without trial is a travesty of justice
Does the government know what had been done?
ISA and other draconian laws
It has no business to pass as laws
Into a democratic processes of peoples’ rights
Let good sense prevails in fighting for our freedom
Of laws and associations; multi-racial harmony and religious tolerance
In our country of many colors sharing a common trail
The harmony in Malaysia
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I’m not as mobile as I used to be or I would be a regular face at these gatherings. My thoughts are constantly with all those wrongfully detained – those who have neither robbed nor raped nor murdered nor as much as threatened a fellow citizen have no business behind bars! It’s a dreadful, unforgivabke sin to imprison people for their beliefs and for their bravery in the face of corrupt authority. Well done, all you good honest citizens who are keeping the precious flame of freedom and integrity burning. These are the final days of arrogant, greedy and hypocritical misgovernment!
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Selamat Hari Raya to RPK and Others
http://romerz.blogspot.com/2008/10/selamat-hari-raya-to-rpk-and-others.html
(with pictures)
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had conveyed all you sms messages, sent all the cards to Marina when we were @ Kamunting this morning.
about 100 from Penang & another 50 from KL / Ipoh. not only there were cars and van, motorcyles as well.
Marina had promised to bring RPK to Penang to meet us once he is out and hopefully, it will be very soon.
watch out for updates.
Thank you very much for all your support.
may God bless all of you.
Ronnie
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RPK my brader jangan gabrah babe. we are with you all the way. you dah dulu2 suka cari pasal dengan kerajaan. heh heh heh.
Hey RPK who loves you babe? we all do man. Selamat hari Raya RPK. Eid Mubarak my welsh Prince. Dude you really rattled the ruling elite in Malaysia sampai they had to lock you in our tower of london a.k.a. Kamunting. But like our poor danish King in Macbeth this dude Najib cant seem to wash his hands clean from something he may have been implicated in earlier. ‘Alas poor Yorick’!
My poor sod RPK, how tantalisingly close you came to demolishing our ruling class. why even Karl Marx was smiling in his grave.
But alas my poor RPK you and I we are destined not for greatness but perhaps in making others great. heh heh heh. Cheers baby!
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Good on ya, ppl! This is the true spirit of Hari Raya!
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Selamat Hari Raya Malaysia … Maaf I couldnt be there ..
Way to go Malaysians …
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I was at Kamunting today. It was a great feeling especially getting to meet Marina for the first time. I wish we could do more than send cards and flowers but was told that he is not allowed to receive more than that. Hope that more people will join in to show support.
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Yes! I made it to Kamunting. Thanks to Sunil who so kindly waited for us in Ipoh and leading the way to Kamunting.
We arrived around 11.06am. Singing was underway when I got there. I was excited to see many people who were there to show support. People were mingling around with intermitten shouts of ‘Free RPK, Free Hindraf 5 and ‘Mansuhkan ISA’. There was no heavy presence of police. Marina was there. It’s good to see her smile amidst the challenges she’s facing. People she needs all the support we can give. Check out some photos in my blog.
I am glad that strangers can get together for a united cause. Today, I put a face to names that I know through blog comments. Faces to names like Sunil, Alan Siew, Jong, Andrew ….It’s great to have met you all. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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Sunil,
Thank you for a good job co-ordinating those from south of the border! Hope you guys had a good lunch in Taiping while we were off to Penang for our Penang Assam Laksa and char-kueh teow.
Nice meeting you and do keep in touch!
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Our 2 cars of 10 people left the island about 9.30am and crossed the Taiping Utara toll gate about 11am. There were about 50 cars from Penang and the South parked alongside the road to group up. Met a guy in a RPK T-shirt from KL who was waiting in his car for the rest of his group. Everybody was wearing black. Marina was waiting outside the gate. There were a few familiar faces. There were lots of hugs and kisses to wish her well. It was an emotional scene. Many brought cards, flowers to pass to her. Some brought fizzi drinks and chocolates, knowing they were RPK’s favourite. I doubt they will reach him. Some short speeches, singing and a press conference. Saw some foreign press people were there. The police did not bother us and we were allowed about half an hour. God was kind and gave us overcast sky and no rain. Thank you all who made it. Thank you all who prayed for RPK and the other detainees.
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