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Penang Bersih 3.0 ends on a high

As you can see, all was peaceful and happy at Penang Bersih 3.0 attended by 7000 people – despite ‘phantom voters’ making an appearance!

Live – Huge crowds at Bersih 3.0

Coverage of the Bersih 3.0 gatherings in Malaysia and around the world calling for clean and fair elections.

Jakarta abandons monorail, focuses on BRT

Jakarta has abandoned its unhappy monorail dreams and now plans to reinforce the unsightly monorail pillars already constructed for use as elevated stretches of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit system.

Day 13 – Occupy Dataran continues

It’s Day 13 – and the folks at Occupy Dataran are still there, defying the odds.

Electoral reforms: Ambiga-Khairy debate

Bersih Steering Committee co-chair Ambiga Sreenevasan debated with Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin last night.

Bersih 3.0 around the world

How are you observing Bersih 3.0 this Saturday? It is hard to keep track of the number of cities around the world where Bersih solidarity gatherings are being held.

Penang transport master plan: Consultants clarify

The consultants for the Penang transport master plan have responded to an earlier post on this blog.

Penang Bersih 3.0 on track

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It’s been a busy day for the Aliran team preparing for Penang Bersih 3.0. They had two separate meetings today with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng over the Bersih 3.0 assembly in Penang.

Bersih 3 more peaceful than Jackie Chan’s Police Story 3

DBKL says that it only allows national, sporting and cultural events at Dataran Merdeka, but it didn’t mind a Hong Kong production unit unleashing ‘mayhem’ in the area surrounding (and above) the venue during the filming of ‘Police Story 3’.

Watch the “chaos” from 1:16:30

Bersih 3.0 in Penang is on: Aliran

Aliran held a press conference this morning to announce that a Bersih 3.0 solidarity gathering will be held at Speakers’ Square this Saturday for those who can’t make it to KL.

At the Aliran press conference this morning