Student activist Adam Adli and PKR supreme council member Fariz Musa were arrested when police moved in on a solidarity protest at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman for the imprisoned Anwar Ibrahim.
PKR Youth leader Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad had a close shave with plainclothes police and managed to slip away after being pulled away by supporters.
Adam and Fariz are now having their statements recorded at the Jinjang Police Station. Lawyers have been informed that they are expected to be released in the coming hours without any remand extension. Supporters have vowed to wait for them outside the police station until the pair emerge.
Blog visitor Henson sent in this image with the comment: “Much overlooked affordable homes as developers now promoting expensive condos during CNY!”
A crowd scrambling to register for low-cost homes at D’Piazza in Bayan Baru on Valentine’s Day
Australian tram engineer Ric Francis has come up with a slightly revised proposal for tram routes in inner city George Town and the buffer zone. Ric is the co-author of Penang Trams, Trolleybuses and Railways.
Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Nuha, has received a rousing reception at a Pakatan ceramah at the Han Chiang school hall in Penang attended by about 600 people.
Nurul Nuha receives a standing ovation as she leaves the hall
It might be useful to remind ourselves of the sequence of events, especially in June 2008, leading to the alleged sodomy incident and immediately after. Take a look at the chronology I prepared from publicly available sources, news reports and courtroom proceedings.
Some 400 young protesters held a noisy, exuberant protest near the Sogo shopping complex in KL yesterday. Apparently, the protest was not just about the jailing of Anwar but also the wider, ongoing repression in the country.
This is the scene at Sungai Buloh tonight.
Meamwhile, I am checking out a PKR ceramah in Pasir Gudang tonight.
Now Pasir Gudang used to be an Umno stronghold. But at GE13, Umno’s majority was whittled down to 935 votes. What will happen at GE14?
Zunar was released this morning from remand.
His wife Fazlina now says he will have to find out if he will be formally charged.
Sounding tired over the phone, Zunar said the police were not aggressive. “I was not interrogated but still I was grilled for up to five or six hours a day and had to give statements.”
I will always remember Tok Guru Nik Aziz for his utter simplicity, his humble lifestyle and his genuine openness to inter-religious dialogue.
Tok Guru presents Bishop Sebastian with a mouth-watering cake
He lived in a modest kampung house, used a BIC ballpoint pen, and did not have much use for the trappings of power. Once when I interviewed him, along with a colleague from Aliran, I was startled that he opted to sit on the floor for the interview. This was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan, mind you.
His final words pierced the night air: “Please, Malaysians – Malays, Chinese, Indians, Dayaks, Kadazans – please stand up; stand up for your rights. Stand up for your children. Stand up for the future of this country. Stand up and be counted. We are Malaysians! Re-for-ma-si! Lawan, tetap…”
Even as 1MDB struggles to repay its debts, a vigil is taking place at Sungai Buloh Prison to express solidarity with Anwar Ibrahim. At this rate, he could turn into a Mandela-like figure in no time. He has already been in jail/detention for eight years: two years in the 1970s and six years since 1998. Now, another five years.
Pray for our friend Zunar, who is being locked up under a sedition probe over tweets he made during the Anwar trial.
Zunar is being remanded for four days until Saturday noon. Why four days to investigate tweets?
Zunar, Malalysian cartoonist locked up for criticizing judiciary, can't stop drawing. Sent this from jail. -via mkini pic.twitter.com/6UjiINTFyY
Bersih 2.0 and Engage have come up with a new video to raise awareness about the issue of gerrymandering and malapportionment of constituencies in view of an ongoing redelineation exercise by the Election Commission.
There are actually two questions here.
1) Is Anwar’s political career over?
2) Will the reformasi movement, the quest for reforms, be stalled or derailed?
A large crowd gathered outside the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
The social reform group Aliran has released a scathing immediate reaction to the verdict in the Anwar trial and the upholding of a five-year jail term.
Check it out here. And check out Anwar’s full response here.
I am shocked at the verdict, and I am not the only one. I have been receiving a steady stream of outrage from other concerned Malaysians via text, email, Whatapp, social media and blog comments.
Meamwhile, I am checking out a PKR ceramah in Pasir Gudang tonight.
Now Pasir Gudang used to be an Umno stronghold. But at GE13, Umno’s majority was whittled down to 935 votes. What will happen at GE14? 
