More solidarity vigils are being held tonight for detained student activist Adam Adli outside the Jinjang Police Station and outside USM in Penang. Adam Adli’s father and fellow Malaysians hold a vigil for the young student activist – Photograph: Fadiah Nadwa
Syabas! to the team of young lawyers – Amer Hamzah Arshad, Edmund Bon, Fadiah Nadwa, Sin Yew, Farida Mohd, Ida Nadirah, Joshua Tay, Yen Hui, and Nur Zatulitry – who worked hard to secure the release of the three men who were detained under the new Special Measures (Security Offences) Act, which replaced the ISA.
Lawyer Latheefa Koya briefs the media about student activist Adam Adli’s arrest under a sedition investigation. She argues that five days remand is excessive.
Rafizi Ramli of PKR discusses the allegations of electoral irregularities while Ong Kian Ming of the DAP reveals how Pakatan did much better than people realise.
Some 60000 people flooded the Esplanade in Penang last night – defying a police warning that the gathering was illegal – to hear Anwar insisting that the election result would have been different had the elections been clean and fair.
As suspected, cybertroopers have manipulated two recent online polls on whether Anwar should quit as Pakatan leader following the coalition’s failure to capture Putrajaya.
Large crowds have turned out in protests in major cities on peninsular Malaysia in response to a general election marred by allegations of irregularities and vote-buying.
The naturalist, author, comedian and actor Bill Oddie presents his take on a new invasive species – the banker, in this video produced by Global Witness, also featured in The Guardian.
Despite a change in venue to Taman Puteri Wangsa, 8km from Johor Bahru, some 60000 have braved a drizzle to attend this rally in the southern state. The crowd is expected to increase when Anwar arrives.
Many others have been unable to reach the venue because of the jam, says a contact in Johor. People are have parked their cars a good distance away from the venue and are walking.
