First, it was the BERSIH rally on the 10th November. Hindraf organized another peaceful protest that brought forward more traffic jams caused by roadblocks setup by the police. The march was scheduled at about 10 am today. Unfortunately, tear gas and chemical-laced water was fired into the crowd in an attempt to disperse them as early as 7.40am as reported by Malaysiakini.
This is a very sad story to me. Not that I am taking any sides but to read and see things like this happening in Malaysia is beyond my comprehension. I guess it could be true that I have been sleeping in the Matrix for a little too long. Time to wake up, maybe?
In the video, P Uthayakumar, Hindraf legal adviser mentioned that the government of Malaysia tried to stop 100,000 people from gathering today by setting up roadblocks. People from all around the country were prevented from joining by having bus permits cancelled. Below are some other quotes by him taken from the video.
“They are even going into hotels, asking hotels not to accept Indians to stay in the hotels.”
“We also have information that the police are going to raid the hotels to lookout for Indians.”
UPDATE:
You can check bmahendran.com for more updates on this march, that is if his server could handle the load. There are almost 200 visitors on his page the last time I checked.
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hehe..server dah ok back
@mahendran
Yeah, I notice that. Thanks for dropping by.
Neither do I.. I cannot understand politics..
@keeyit
LOL. I guess it’s best to just stay away from that topic then.
I too can’t understand how such a thing could happen in Malaysia. I only hope and pray that situation doesn’t go out of hand. I think Malaysian government should treat this deftly and diplomatically so that all the good image the country has in its 50th year of independence is not lost.
@Pradeep
Well, as long as it is for the good of the country, I will be supporting it.