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'Economist' report on Bersih rally 'censored' Hazlan Zakaria & Wong Teck Chi Jul 19, 11 1:02pm 10 friends can read this story for free Opposition parliamentarians have claimed that the July 16 edition of The Economist has been defaced by the Home Ministry in an apparent attempt to censor a report on the Bersih 2.0 rally for electoral reform. “ The Economist July16 issue has been censored/black inked on Bersih story by Home Ministry,” reads a tweet by Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran. In photos distributed via micro-blog site Twitter, the report headlines 'Political affray in Malaysia: Taken to the cleaners' shows lines blacked out by what seems to be a permanent marker pen. Malaysiakini could not immediately verify the claim, but a comparison with the online version reveals that the lines struck out refer to allegations of police and government misconduct: - 'and one man died of a heart attack', in the first paragraph. - 'The march i...

'University students are not supposed to be involved in politic. Why is this political 'frog' allowed to be involved in the university?' UiTM offers Ibrahim Ali Award to students Pemerhati: If a US university in collaboration with the Ku Klux Klan (which, like Ibrahim Ali's Perkasa, believes in the racial superiority) starts giving out cash awards to students who have proven they have "clear and consistent" principles in upholding their white race, what sort of an opinion would a normal person have about that particular university and its students? Would any foreign country and the majority of its own people have any respect for that university or its students? UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara) may not have been that well-known in the past, but this collaboration with Perkasa's Ibrahim Ali to promote a racist agenda is likely to make it well-known as the world's premier racist university. Lim Chong Leong: This is clearly racist and inc...

Amidst mounting eyewitness accounts alleging police brutality at Saturday's Bersih 2.0 rally, the Bar Council's monitoring team found an exemplary model of police action that demonstrated 'restraint, professionalism and politeness' in crowd control. "There was no use of tear gas or water cannon, nor were there any arbitrary arrest after or during the dispersal of the crowd. That is how crowd control should have been done throughout Kuala Lumpur," Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee told a press conference yesterday. He was referring to the situation at Changkat Stadium, off Jalan Hang Jebat, where thousands of protestors had assembled after they were dispersed by tear gas and water cannon in the area around the Puduruya bus terminal. According to the observation report released yesterday on the Bar Council website, the crowd led by PKR vice-president Chua Jui Meng reached the road leading to Stadium Merdeka - the rally destination - at 2.20pm but...

Cops: Restriction order against 91 individuals DannyLoHH: Oh my god. I can't believe they'll go so low. The police are showing once again that they are the law. What they want, the court will give. It doesn't matter that their restriction order contravened the constitution of Malaysia. These thugs in uniform have turned our constitution into toilet paper. They are now trampling on our fundamental rights. They were supposed to protect it. In the upcoming election, Pakatan Rakyat should tell the voters that a vote for BN is a vote for a police state. Teh: The Malaysian police have gone berserk over Bersih! Baiyuensheng: How come we've regressed to such a state. It's a very sad day for Malaysia. I thought that while Singapore is miles ahead of us in economic terms, we were miles ahead in terms of our political maturity and democratic rights. Sigh. Man of the Match: How about freedom of movement as stated in the federal constitution? Mirror on the Wall:...

The police have placed a restriction order on 91 individuals, including organisers of the Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth's Patriot rallies. The order is to stop any of the 91 from being present at several spots in Kuala Lumpur on July 9. "This means that anyone (on the list) caught present at these areas will be arrested on sight," said the city deputy police chief Amar Singh. Top on the list are the Bersih 2.0 steering committee members, including Ambiga Sreenevasan, Wong Chin Huat and Maria Chin Abdullah. Also on the list are Pakatan Rakyat leaders, such as opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat, his party's deputy-president Mohamad Sabu, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang and social activist Hishamuddin Rais. Fourteen from Perkasa, including its president Ibrahim Ali and other top leaders such as Ab Rahman Ab Bakar and Syed Hassan Syed Ali. Umno Youth leaders also included in the list are Umno Youth chief Khairy...

Home minister: Bersih still illegal Joseph Sipalan Jul 6, 11 3:27pm 10 friends can read this story for free The Bersih 2.0 movement is still illegal and subject to legal action, said Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. He said that although the Agong had granted an audience to Bersih 2.0's leaders yesterday, the government's position has not changed. "They are banned. They are still banned. Nobody can put themselves over the law... just because Tuanku met them doesn't mean they are no longer illegal," he told a press conference in Putrajaya today. Hishammuddin, exercising his powers as home minister, had declared Bersih 2.0 illegal on July 1. He dodged a barrage of questions related to Bersih 2.0's legality and whether or not it has a guarantee of being granted access to a stadium for its rally - he repeatedly said the rally organisers must deal with the police. However, Hishammuddin shot down Bersih 2.0 chief S Ambi...

I make this statement so that all are aware at the state of policing and safety in Kuala Lumpur… there is no one to help you except faith in God, calmness and thinking carefully and rationally. Yesterday (Saturday) the 25 th June 2011, my sister, and my cousins went out for dinner. Unfortunately, after dinner, my cousin’s car broke down in Subang in front of my sister’s house. As the car could only be attended to the following day, my, my nephew decided to give my cousins a ride home to Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. By the time we left Subang Jaya it was about 11.45pm. My sister and I decided to accompany my nephew to leave my cousins at home. We watched them go into their home, waved goodbye and made our way back home via Jalan Titiwangsa. It was about 12.15am (26 June 2011) and the beginning of our traumatic experience. My nephew in the driver’s seat, I next to him in the passenger seat and my sister seated at the back seat directly behind the driver. ...

Members of the public who lodge reports at 92 police stations in Selangor can rate the quality of service they receive in a pilot project starting on Monday. This is an initiative introduced under Public Service Delivery to enhance government efficiency in business and public-related services, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Idris Jala said today. It is one of the six Strategic Reform Initiatives announced by the government today. Under this real-time performance and feedback rating system, Idris said, the government would be able to gauge the quality and efficiency of service provided by the frontliners. The people can give their feedback on a scale of one to four via an electronic device provided at the police station or by SMS by sending RATE (space) Balaicode (space) Officer Number (space) 1-4 (space) RATING to 15888, he told reporters after the Economic Transformation Programme update. Idris said the project would be assessed after two to three months...

Istana Negara tonight issued a special statement by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on the planned rally by Bersih. Below is the translated full text of the King's statement. "I am following closely the developments of the proposed gathering and procession by Bersih with the aim of handing over a memorandum to me as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and how the government, particularly the agencies and departments concerned, is handling the issue. "However, I believe that the nation's leadership under Najib Abdul Razak is capable of handling this problem in the best possible way. "I urge that amid the political fervour of a section of the people to bolster democracy in our country, it must also be ensured that this demand on democracy does not bring destruction to the country. "Generally, we cannot be following too much the practices in other countries, as harmony and stability are vital foundations for a country and...