In all the furore over a peaceful rally for clean, free and fair elections, Malaysians must carefully separate the wheat from the chaff, observes Cuci-Cuci Malaysia.
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Tommy Thomas is concerned that we are sliding into a Police State with no place for the Rule of Law. The Bersih 2.0 gathering on 9 July and the crackdown that preceded it captures our attention in this issue. Bersih is, of course, a civil society coalition of NGOs campaigning for clean and fair elections. This campaign couldn’t be more timely. It looks like if they don’t get you under one law, they will get you under another law. That seems to be the case as far as Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and his colleagues are concerned. But this time they used a sledge-hammer just to make sure that they get them. The way the police hound and harass activists engaged in social issues gives the impression that these activists are more dangerous than criminals who cause hell for peace-loving citizens. The scheduled Walk for Democracy organised by Bersih 2.0 – the election watch dog comprising 62 NGOs – on 9 July 2011 is in keeping with the democratic tradition to highlight issues of concern. |
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Readers’ comments
16 May 2012 (10:40) Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd? Hello P.Ramakrishnan, Please don't start lying to the readers. You wrote 'The Bersih 3.0 crowd came willingly and voluntarily and spontaneously. There was no inducement.' 'There was no inducement'? Are you really sure or you are just play...