Trip to Kamunting to convey Raya greetings

I have just been informed by the Bukit Bendera MP’s office that they, along with several Penang-based civil society activists, are planning a drive to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping on the second day of Raya to convey their greetings to the ISA detainees:

Flowers, cards and gifts, if any, will be passed on to Raja Petra and the other ISA detainees to let them know that they are not forgotten on this special day.  RPK’s wife Marina has been informed of the event and hope that she will also be able to join us. The Press will also be invited for this event.

Details of travel:

Date: Thursday, 2 October 2008

Meeting Place: DAP Bukit Bendera Service Centre, Wayton Court, Penang
Meet at 9.00am

Tesco, Penang
Meet at 9.15am

We shall begin our journey latest by 9.30am and arrive at the Kamunting Detention Centre by 11.00am latest. Here, we shall link up with those from other places like Taiping and and other parts of Perak.

Those interested, please register or inform our committee member Mr Ronnie Tan at 012-4277883

For the rest of you Selamat Hari Raya and have a safe journey home if you are hitting the roads.

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33 comments to Trip to Kamunting to convey Raya greetings

  • Hi’
    I’m driving from Ipoh to Taiping, need to know where do we meet in Taiping?

  • How do we identify each other on the road? Yellow ribbons on the antena?

  • Folks,
    Hope the caravan turns out to be a blast!
    However, the response to the RPK petition was not quite as encouraging.
    Can I suggest an additional/alternative protest method against the ISA detention of RPK?

    Remember those small but very irritating “Raise the Flag” and “Dare to Fail” stickers we used to see everywhere?

    What if we came up with our own stickers, nice catchy, multi-lingual ones, not only about RPK/ISA but also about the rot in the system?

    While being especially careful not to alienate the Malays as this is the core consituency (being woo-ed by the racial antics of Umno) that will tip the balance either way now.

    Apart from Bebaskan Raja Petra! Some other examples:

    - Merdeka dari Rasuah
    - Haramkan ISA
    - Barisan Sumpah Menyampah
    - N… Mongolia

    - Harapkan UMNO, UMNO makan padi (based on the Malay proverb, harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi)

    - UMNO – U Must Not Object
    - Barisan Kaya, Rakyat Miskin
    - BN = Correct, Correct, Correct
    - Ketua Hakim Malaysia – VK Lingam

    What do you folks think? Any other suggestions? How about in Mandarin or Tamil?

    Am sure somebody has some contacts for a printer and we can start distributing thousands of stickers.
    This is a low risk yet highly visible protest that endures – damn difficult to scrape off those stickers!

    It’s great to go for candle light vigils and Kamunting caravans, but given the real life constraints, not many can make it nor feel willing to stick their necks out so far.
    This will enable the “silent majority” to speak up, or rather stick up!

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