2356: The ceramah is over now with no announcement of the candidate made. My contact is on his way out, wondering when they will reveal the candidate. His final estimate of the turnout is around 10,000.
2328: Gantangian adds:
There are shouts of support from the crowd and cheers for Nizar and Anwar. Looks like it’s gonna be an easy win for Pakatan.
2324: Blog reader Gantangian reports:
I am in the markas for your info. Helping with the sound system here. Estimated about 15,000 people are here tonight. Anwar is talking about the unfairness of the BN goverment, corruption, and Najib as the next PM.
2313: Anwar is now addressing the crowd, according to my contact.
2259: Nizar is speaking now before a crowd of 8,000-10,000. People are having to park their cars 4km away and walk to the ceramah site.
2158: Some 5,000 people are now at a Pakatan ceramah at an alternative venue in Bukit Gantang. More people are trooping in. Anwar and Nizar are already present. My contact at the scene expects them to announce the PR candidate for the constituency tonight.
Anwar is expected to announce PR’s candidate for Bukit Selambau tomorrow at 10.00am in Merbok, Kedah.
2115: Police roadblocks have been set up around Taiping especially around the Simpang area. Police presence has been heavy.
even Malays reject racism and UMNO…. who does UMNO actually represent now ?
Only the greedy?…
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whice malay are u refering?… who is DAP represent?…
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can u define what is rasist?what are umno did that can be call rasist?and why is no malays in DAP?why malays not joining DAP?
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wakeup would u… do you still want to talk about race after 50 years and in future?
we live in the same country, that is Malaysia,
and we are all Malaysian.
we are human being that should share respect and not a race is more supreme than other race! and you guys dare to talk about Isreal..
Ask yourself what Islam teach you. To be a good person or ?
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if you come to university, they have all sorts of programmes that expose you to racism.
but we all know that . both malay and chinese students. we despise their’ intentions .
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anwar (in the comments column)
Any segregation or selection according to race is apartheid.
No God fearing person would support such a policy, especially one that would keep the corrupt rich.
If UMNO supports and propagates such a policy, then it is racist.
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The crowd was huge. Really huge. Over 10,000. Malays, Chinese, Indians and O Asli thronged the venue. The police were not harsh, but frendly. Most of them smiled at the people coming to the ceramah. They were just doing their job as ordered. The roadblocks all over did not deter the people from attending the ceramah. A positive sign for PR. If this is an indicator, then PR candidate will win the coming by-election. To every 10 people I talked to almost all were not happy with what happened to Nizar and the PR government. They love Nizar and wants him to remain as MB.
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…come on this is malaysia and something will never change..dont waste time on alternative party politics. its well said only BN got experince combining 3 major race in this country as well as the bumi,s,.i still remember my friend a y.b from PKR parliment Kelana jaya selangor dont know anything about politic, enter then parliment, doing nothing, talk nothing asik asik pergi tandas, then go for a long coffee break.is this kind of MP that u guys want?yes i admit umno and BN got problem but those PR also got alot of problem.unexperince canidate, canidate who dont ever speak malay… we are merdeka for 52 years and still yet dont know how to speak national language.what a shame.
p/s anybody see eli wong lately?
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Any segregation or selection according to race is apartheid.
huh u dont even know what is aparthied?i think u never been to south africa and i bet u dont even born yet.if u dont know about something dont simple say.if malaysia is apartheid state, do u see sigh as no cina or indian allowed in this shop?or only malay can buy food at this malay place?i bet u dont find it.if u talking about dasar, i never see about any dasar in this country say only give project to certain people?do u?pls give some strong evidence regarding this matter.
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if you come to university, they have all sorts of programmes that expose you to racism.
but we all know that . both malay and chinese students. we despise their’ intentions .
i have been to university for a long time ago young man. mind telling me what are the programmes that expose u to rasism?go back to your room study first.get your degree and get a job dont be like puchong samseng or idiot klana jaya MP.
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Balasi on March 20th, 2009 at 3.57am
time & tide waits for no one…..so be it, it’s time for UMNO / BE END to be thrown off shore.
hahahah keep on dreming.no people will choose rasist party like PKR whice in the party got sodomiser…
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karma on March 20th, 2009 at 3.19pm
The crowd was huge. Really huge. Over 10,000. Malays, Chinese, Indians and O Asli thronged the venue. The police were not harsh, but frendly. Most of them smiled at the people coming to the ceramah. They were just doing their job as ordered. The roadblocks all over did not deter the people from attending the ceramah. A positive sign for PR. If this is an indicator, then PR candidate will win the coming by-election. To every 10 people I talked to almost all were not happy with what happened to Nizar and the PR government. They love Nizar and wants him to remain as MB.
i was there, pls dont tipu la like dsai tipu u guys last night.talking about altantuya etc.dsai just like tukang karut or awang batil.
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The crowd was huge. Really huge. Over 10,000. Malays, Chinese, Indians and O Asli thronged the venue.
hello where got orang asli in bukit gantang?really karang mengarang lah!
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Act like the Thai use people’s power to get our next prime minster.
We have to be strong to be heard, don’t let Umno n BN bullied us.
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Be strong and get the right next Prime minister of Malaysia……Don’t get a criminal or a corruptor.
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And what makes you think that being an UMNO member makes one a racist ? Just because DAP doesn’t claim to be a party based on race, that doesnt mean they are not racist.
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The country needs a 2-party system. Stop the character assasination. No party is perfect and no candidates are perfect. Let democracy prevail. The people will decide who they want as their leaders. The country needs a healthy political system. If the people choose BN let it be and if the people choose PR let it be. After all the rakyat can always decide when the time comes. It is not the issue of who should monopolise power. It is not the issue of race or religion. It is the issue who could govern the country well. Let the people decide.
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hahaha karma, now u all talking like masjid or tokong people.let the democracy bla bla, last time hantam sana sni.hello where is your stand?either u are with PR or u with BN that’s all. if u are with BN welcome abort joint the club. if u are with PR then i love to what are your comment about PAS aka semi taliban movement in bukit gantang?.
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good luck and Daulat Tuanku.
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karma where do u live alaska?if yes no wonder lah because u are in the US, either u are republican or democrate. here in malaysin dont be confuse…where got such thing…as BN yes.but i dont thing PR are ready yet.u see in PR, there is a semi taliban movement, they also got chinese/minorities pro sosialist who love change the perlembagaan, and not forgeting the pary who enjoy free sex. so u see how can this PR want to compeat with BN whice got experince some more to manage the country. yes i admit there is a problem here and there, come on la, nobody perfect and they are trying the best. as for PR i did not see persamaan between them perjuangan mereka berbeza, u see how a chicken can sleep in the reban with a fox???imposible is it.
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Hi Anwar, I don’t really know when were u born. I tell u, the amount of open corruption in our beloved country if unchecked does not augure well for this beloved nation.BN is a party that has longer experience because they were given a longer mandate. Tell me if PR is given that same years of mandate I am sure they will be experience too. What I only see now is the amount of open corruption is their experience in BN. Please wake up and stop talking about race when the Malaysian race as a whole is going down the deep pit.
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sorry mr JLC, 1st of all PR is not like BN. its all started when DSAI was accuse of wrong doing in 98.its start with BA then suddently so called PR.actually PR is not what they claim to be becasue u see 3 major parties in the PR have diffrent objective and have diffrent what they are fighting for.most of them are from umno, MIC,MCA and Gerakan.u just name it, DSAI, Tian CHua, etc they all come from BN and fedup with BN and then make a new party. Even PAS also is a division of UMNO last time. so what i want to say is, if PR want to be a good coalition like BN did for 50 years its not ez. insted of 3 party, why not PR joint together and really make and efford do like the republican or democrate did.
on ther issue that u saying i am sleeping (not wake up) talking about race issue, well i am not rasict but history are well said, where the non malays are coming.the truth is there is no malaysia=malaysian like singaporean or American. if u really want that to happen, are u prepare to experince no vernacular school.no english, tamil, chinese language can be speak. hahah i dont think so. because some of the non malays untill now i type this ideas, there many non malay can’t even understand and speak our national language.my god u are talking about malaysian!i think i have to ask u back, where are u born and are u think u are truly malaysian?
cheers!
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hi anwar,
All the reasons that you have brought up suggest one thing. Malaysia should be only ruled by UMNO . Is that it? You are through and through UMNO mentality. What does UMNO want ? They employ the divide and rule system.
On education, why cant they emulate Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew? Please read this book FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST BY LEE KUAN YEW. He had the will , so he created the way. He said no to chinese schools. Except that all mother tongue languages is compulsory to be taught in all schools. It takes sincerity to achieve noble objectives, and not just being rhetoric and being hypocrite.So grow up, read more.Dont be katak bawah tempurung.
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As a local people, I strongly feel that BN will surely win this election..Bukit gantang has been a strong supporter for BN ever since our country’s independence..
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Dear Anwar
Allah has endowed us with intelligence and emotions. Use more of the former than the latter. Good and evil come from within oneself, not from the outside. Let PR prevail, let Nizar contest. He WILL win. You don’t need s rocket scientist to predict the outcome. It;s so obvious. We want a 2-party system. I lived in the US, England and Australia studying and practising. I cherish how democracy works there. We want the same here. No monopoly when it comes to politics. Dear friend, your English is terribly bad. Please beef up your English efore yo ]u write, this is my advice. I cannot go beyond your first sentence. It insults my intelligence. I am sorry.
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