Here’s something I wrote for Asia Times: In a run-up to highly anticipated national elections, an estimated 100,000 people supporting the political opposition thronged Merdeka Stadium in the national capital for a rally organisers referred to as a “people’s uprising”.
Heard over the radio that a scheduled talk featuring “Listen! Listen!” speaker Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin on “How To Make Your First Million” has been cancelled.
Update: Police have agreed to a second autopsy. Gobind Singh Deo is among a delegation at Bukit Aman in connection with the death of 30-year-old Chang Chin Te, who died in the lock up of the USJ 8 police station two days ago.
A beautiful video clip of an imam and his colleagues extending the hand of friendship and brother/sisterhood to Christians in Egypt as they celebrate Christmas.
Step aside, Psy. The Gangnam craze is giving way to Malaysia’s very own “Listen! Listen!” dance remix, which is going viral across the country.
As #KL112 drew to a close, this blog was brought down, as server resources were drained by high traffic, aggravated by unusual ‘GET requests’ from third-party websites that seemed to be spamming this site.
Oh, and did you hear the people sing? Amazing scenes here as Ito Mohd of the Blues Gang took to the stage.
#KL112 was historic in more ways than one. Those Malaysians at yesterday’s rally unchained their fears and soared to new heights.
The rally proper is supposed to start at 2.00pm. And coverage here will begin at 12.30pm.
The countdown has begun