Why 20 cops to detain Tian Chua (according to his tweet)? Why was Mat Sabu detained by armed men in ski masks? Why was Hisham Rais bundled away by unidentified men? What message is being conveyed here? That these activists and opposition politicians are dangerous?The arrests come ahead of a planned protest rally outside Sogo at 4.00pm today, which also happens to be the day of the Big Wedding.
Sebilangan 20 anggota polis menahan saya di Dewan Komuniti Kg Batu Muda, sebaik saja saya keluar dari town hall meeting. #KitaLawan
Activist Hisham Rais was bundled into a silver Honda by unknown men at Dataran Merdeka and taken away on the eve of a mass protest rally which also happens to be the day of the Big Wedding. He is now at the Dang Wangi Police Station.According to Fahmi Fadzil, Hisham said he was in a taxi, which was being trailed by a car and some motorbikes. When he got off the taxi, six men grabbed him. “One of them dragged him by his chest, covered Hisham’s mouth to stop him from shouting. They threw Hisham into another car and took him to Dang Wangi.”
These are the elected representatives of the people of Teja and Simpang Pulai. They were arrested when police swooped down on a Pecat IGP sit-in at Dataran Merdeka earlier today.Simpang Pulai Adun Chang Lih Kang and Teja Adun Tan Kar Hing – Photograph: Fahmi FadzilMeanwhile, Rafizi Ramli is the latest elected rep to be arrested while a UM lecturer Dr Khoo Ying Hooi is under investigation for an article he wrote.
The Penang government is opposing the stiff proposed fare hikes for the poor ferry service between the island and the mainland. Instead it is once again offering to take over the ferry service and turn it around by adding 30 more ferries or other vessels.
After 42 days of imprisonment, Anwar managed to meet up with his family briefly when he appeared in the Syariah Court yesterday for his qazaf application.
A small, quiet neighbourhood in Tanjung Bungah has come out strongly against the laying of concrete and paving on their small park and green strips near their homes.
I am baffled as to how the order to rebuild the demolished 19th century historical Khaw Sim Bee Mansion (along Pykett Avenue) could be so easily lifted.The lifting of the order seems to follow a certain modus operandi – order a halt to construction work, make a big show of ordering rebuilding or restoration, wait until the public outcry subsides or until enough people forget, and then allow business as usual to proceed.
A total of 89 anti-GST activists were arrested today, of whom 26 are being held overnight by police.Twenty five of them, including six women, are being transported from the Kelana Jaya Police Station to the Shah Alam District Police Headquarters. (The 25 arrived there after midnight; the remaining one of them is still at Kelana Jaya.)
About 80 people were arrested at an anti-GST protest at the Customs complex in Kelana Jaya this evening. Several more were arrested late tonight; they were among a crowd holding vigil outside the Kelana Jaya Police Station tonight.The crowd outside the police station are chanting, “Hidup, Hidup, Bantah, Bantah!”
Speeches demanding lawyers to be allowed in to counsel OKT. OCPD asked to respects rights of OKT. pic.twitter.com/Y020jqNFYW
At a recent talk on the GST, I asked those present what they thought “GST” stood for. Most of those present responded, “Goods and Services Tax”.Then, I showed them a cartoon by Zunar which described GST as “Golfing, Shopping, Travelling”! They got the joke and laughed knowingly.
If you remember, the Penang state governrment allowed its controversial cross-channel tunnel project to piggyback on the Penang state transport masterplan. The tunnel was not the masterplan consultants’ idea, but the state government somehow got the consultants to tack the ill-conceived mega project onto the masterplan.
With Pas fixated on its hudud dream, with Mahathir firing broadsides at the administration, Anwar in jail, and no obvious credible Umno successor to Najib in sight, Razaleigh has stepped forward.
Tasik Gelugor Pas information chief Abdul Rahman Kasim has predicted there is “no way” hudud can be implemented in Kelantan now even though the Shariah Criminal Enactment bill will in all likelihood be passed in the State Assembly this week.
