What Is Wrong With Our Government? Is Op-Lallang 2 In Progress? More Arrest Reported

Casualties of Najib's crackdown? This page will keep updating on the latest arrest.

I thought the internet is the fastest way to bring news to the public, how wrong I was. I could not keep up to report the many casualties inflicted by umno/najis. The police were at super sonic speech to rein in so many that I could not catch up with the report.

I could not get all the names of the latest casualties, they are in the hundreds. Some had been released and many are still in lock up. It is speculated that the operation of arrest are still ongoing as of last night, the 7th May 2009.

Names of the latest arrest:
Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching
Suara Keadilan Chinese Editor Law Teck Hao
Political columnist Josh Hong
Suaram coordinator John Liu
Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall leader Liau Kok Fah
Activists Melissa Wong Yuet Fun, Temme Lee, Liew Thin Choi, Chan Kim Ming, Lim Kar Mern, Masturah Kamaruddin, Chai Chee Fatt, Lim Hong Siang and Lee King Thim (This group were all released just before midnight)

More casualties but no names as yet. Around 15 people including Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching were arrested while holding a vigil in support of Wong Chin Huat infront of Brickfields police station.

Sixth casualty: Yasir Sheikh Abdul Rahman

Fifth casualty: Saufi Mihad

Fourth casualty: Sani Md Shah

Third casualty: Badrul Hisham (chegubard)



Second casualty: PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu
image courtesy of Susan Loone.


First Casualty: WONG CHIN HUAT
image courtesy of YB Lim KS

Beginning Of Najib's Crackdown? First Casualty Wong Chin Huat

To deter democracy from infesting, what do you do. I really do not have an answer but it looks like in Malaysia Boleh style, arrest may be the only answer.

The following is cut and paste from YB Lim Kit Siang's Blog.

Civil society activist Wong Chin Huat was arrested under the Sedition Act at his home in Taman Sri Sentosa in Kuala Lumpur at about 8 pm tonight.

Is it because of the “1Black Malaysia” campaign?

The following is a Malaysiakini report on Wong’s arrest:

Activist Wong arrested under Sedition Act

Poll reform group Bersih spokesperson Wong Chin Huat has been arrested under the Sedition Act tonight by a team of police at his home in Taman Sri Sentosa in Kuala Lumpur.

According to his lawyer Edmund Bon, the activist was arrested at 8pm after a police report was lodged today.

“I tried negotiating with the police officer (on the phone) but they won’t listen to me. They didn’t want to tell under what section of the Sedition Act (that the arrest was made) and who the complainant is.”

Bon has since unable to contact Wong. According to him, he could be taken to the police headquarters in Bukit Aman.

It is not clear whether Wong’s arrest is linked to a press conference he called earlier today.

At the press conference, Wong (photo) had urged the public to wear black on May 7, to protest the Perak state government takeover by Barisan Nasional which has been seen as undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Wong issued a statement on behalf of Bersih, saying that the protest was aimed at newly-minted Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is widely credited as the mastermind behind the February power grab.

The Bersih’s campaign slogan “1BlackMalaysia: Democracy first, elections now”, is a play on Najib’s “1Malaysia: People first, performance now” tagline.

May 7 is also the date where BN Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir is convening the Perak state legislative assembly to oust speaker V Sivakumar and pass motions to legitimise his government.

‘Paint every town, village black’

In his statement today, Wong said that the 1BlackMalaysia campaign is a peaceful, yet powerful message of “civil disobedience”.

“We want to let them know that people are the politicians’ bosses and no politician can disregard public opinion and escape punishment in the next general election,” he said.

He urged the public to “paint every state, territory, town and village black” with clothes, headbands, hats, turbans, veils, armbands, ribbons and stickers.

“Let us be united in one black colour and let’s show the world that the 1Malaysia under Najib is 1BlackMalaysia living in darkness,” he said.

Bersih is a coalition of opposition parties and NGOs who have been pressuring the authorities to improve election laws and administration.

Full text of the press release issued by BERSIH this morning in relation to the ongoing Perak constitutional crisis and the much anticipated sitting of the Perak state legislative assembly on 7th May, 2009.

We the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (BERSIH) call upon all Malaysians to wear black to work, to school, in play or at home the coming May 7th (Thursday) to present “1BLACKMalaysia” to Prime Minister Najib Razak as our strongest protest to the on-going Perak coup he has orchestrated.

Despite the court’s scheduled hearing on the legality of Zambry Abdul Kadil’s legality as the Menteri Besar on May 5th and 6th, a sitting for the Perak State Legislature has been scheduled to begin on May 7th bypassing the speaker V. Sivakumar.

A motion has also been tabled to replace the speaker, who has vigorously defended the Legislature’s rights and power throughout the coup, with R. Ganesan, a non-lawmaker from the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).

To prevent the public from knowing what would happen in the assembly, a “media curfew” was imposed whereby only 13 selected media outlets are granted access, on top of a general lockdown of the city of Ipoh, where the Legislature is seated. While the Zambry regime had since retracted the “media curfew” under strong public outcry, the initial move reveals a regime that fears public scrutiny.

These latest developments show total disregard of Najib Razak on rule of law and constitutional democracy in Malaysia. He has also ignored the voters’ wrath on unconstitutional means of power grab, as showed in the Bukit Gantang by-election where the margin for the ousted MB Mohammad Nizar increased by over 2000 votes.

Najib’s slogan: “1Malaysia, people first, performance now” is now a cruel joke on Malaysians. Is this the old “1Authoritarian-and-CorruptMalaysia” getting worse? What “people first” when people are forced to be blind, deaf, mute and immobile with the media curfew and city lockdown? What “performance now” when the “performance” in law-breaking may never be known?

In response to all these, we urge all Malaysians to wear black on May 7 th. It will be a peaceful but powerful message of civil disobedience that we the people are politicians’ bosses and no politicians defiant of public opinion can escape punishment at the next poll. Civil disobedience is a peaceful act that every citizen can participate and make a difference. In history, civil disobedience led by Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King and the Polish people had successfully ended tyranny and injustice without bloodshed or disruption.

Let’s paint every state and territory, every town and village black with our clothes, headbands, hats, turbans, veils, armbands, ribbons and stickers on that day. Let everyone see a sea of black walking into an office, a market, a mosque, a temple, a church, a college, a park, a bus, a commuter or LRT car, a ferry or an aeroplane .

Let us be united in one BLACK colour and let show the world that the 1Malaysia under Najib Razak is “1BLACKMalaysia” living in darkness.

Let’s show the world that Malaysians will stand up against any invasion of democracy, freedom and peace by unscrupulous politicians. We will not allow coup be the way to power in Perak, or anywhere in Malaysia. No one shall take away our democracy, freedom and peace. Najib may hijack our unelected institutions like the judiciary, civil service, police and Election Commission, but he will never win our heart and mind. And he is no reformist until he dares to face elections in Perak.

Let us show Najib in one colour - “1BlackMalaysia!“. Let us tell him in one voice for Malaysia: “Democracy First!” Let us pose him the one solution for Perak: “Elections now!“

Yes, Mr Prime Minister of Malaysia, and the World, listen to us: 1BlackMalaysia! Democracy First! Elections Now!

Najib, How Much Longer You Want To Remain "DEGIL"

Every human being has the right to be greedy, be it for power or money. Yes, I am very clear about it, you can be greedy, but you must not sidestep the law and constitution to obtain your greed. I am a very greedy person and in order to obtain my greed for power and money, I do it the right way.

Najib, I cannot stop you from being greedy for wanting the power to rule over Perak State. It's just that you do not adhere to legal procedures to claim to be the rightful Government of Perak. You used the Sultan, the judiciary, the EC and the pdrm to justified your immoral, unconstitutional, undemocratic and illegal power grab of Perak state.

Your rhetoric slogan of "1Malaysia" had turn into a "1BlackMalaysia". Your "People First, Performance Now" does not reflect your actual action. Do you really care about the people? Is your EC, judiciary and the pdrm follow your "Performance Now" rhetoric? You can claim that you have the support from your umno leaders and leaders of your component parties for your immoral, unconstitutional, undemocratic and illegal power grab of Perak state. But I thought that you have gone down to the street to listen to the people and yet it is surprising that you did not hear that the people are not happy with what you are doing.

Najib, how much longer do you want to remain "DEGIL" or it means "STUBBORN" in plain English, to hold on to your illegal grab of power over the Perak Government?. The calls for you to dissolve the Perak State Assembly and to let the people decide who they want to be their Government have being growing day by day and yet you turn a deaf ear but continuing with your useless rhetoric slogan of "1Malaysia" "People First, Performance Now" which contradict totally from what you are doing.

May Day...May Day... Perakians Will Stand Tall On This Day

They came and robbed the Perakians of their rightful State Government. They used the civil servants, the pdrm and the judiciary (all of whom are suppose to be impartial in dispensing their duties but did not) to ramp through their illegal acts. All legal procedures to form a State Government were not adhered to and now they are acting illegally to dethrone the Speaker on the 7th May 2009. A country that claims to be democratic but is acting just the opposite.

May Day...May Day...the Perakians have been calling since early February 2009 for the return of their legally elected Government but had failed so far. The new PM rhetoric of "1Malaysia" "People First, Performance Now" do not mean anything, since he continues to allow his illegal, immoral and unconstitutional grabbed of the Perak Government to prolong without any consideration at all what Perakians want.

Please lend your support to our fellow Malaysians of Perak by attending the May 7th State Assembly sitting. Read more at Zorro's blog.

For those who cannot be there please read this:

May 7. Wear black. Show Najib 1BLACKMALAYSIA. Say no to umno’s plot to occupy perak legislature after occupying perak state government. Let everyone WEAR black on May 7. 1BLACKMALAYSIA
More details at People's Parliament.

Cuti Cuti Malaysia, Special May Event Visit Ipoh Year 2009

With the world economy crisis and the latest swine flu, it is best not to travel abroad, instead cuti cuti Malaysia is the best option.

This year is Visit Ipoh Year 2009 (my own creation because of so many eventful happenings), make sure your holiday plan include a visit to Ipoh especially on the 7th May 2009 where there is a special event awaiting you.

Thousands of people will be rushing into Ipoh on that eventful day, please get in there early or preferable a day or two earlier to avoid mass congestion.

You may not be safe in other parts of the country but you can never be safer on that day in Ipoh because the government will be sending thousands of police to take care of the people for this special event.

You can expect many police check points at every turn, do not get frustrated, just be patient as the check points are necessitated to ensure your safety and smooth entry into Ipoh. The police are just taking the cue from najib's "People First, Performance Now" actions and that is to ensure you, the people safety is first and to show their performance now to welcome you to Ipoh for this eventful day.

Want to know more about this special event, then, make yourself available in Ipoh on the 7th May 2009 to see the special event first hand. My advise is not to read what the presses may said negatively about this special event. They just want to cover this special event and report them according to their master wishes without you being there to witness the true happening.

Be a true Malaysian and support our local tourism industry, visit Ipoh on the 7th May 2009.

See you all there.