Okay, if anyone is reading this, I am ready for the brickbats.
3.13pm Saturday, 28th April, 2012.
I did not go to Bersih. Instead I just read about it on internet, in fact right now I am watching the videos posted on youtube, and the postings on Malaysiakini, and Malaysiainsider.
At the time I am typing this, no video posted on vimeo yet.
As everyone who pays attention to Bersih 3.0 already knew, starting around 6pm last night, people who wanted to participate in Bersih already converged around the 6 converging points, as we all anticipated the roads leading into Kuala Lumpur city centre will be blocked. And sure it was, starting from 6am today, 58 roads are blocked. As of the time I am typing this, I have no idea if the road blocks were cleared.
As I am not on the spot, so I am repeating what is already reported on Malaysiakini.
At 2.34pm, at Masjid Jamek, Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan says the rally has been a success and urged the crowd to disperse, but the crowd keep on chanting "Dataran! Dataran!"
And the photos posted by the citizens, this is definitely a new chapter in journalism in Malaysia, as fellow Malaysian citizens posting their photos of news events online, we get to see the photos from all sort of angles, not those filtered by the editors and news agencies, it certainly makes it hard for the power to be to tell lies.
Kudos Bersih 3.0. Maybe we cannot stop the election fraud in the impending election, but we certainly will not be deceited and remain quiet.
Bersih 3.0 is not in Malaysia only, a lot of Malaysian citizens who works abroad are also attending the Bersih 3.0 rallies in other countries, in support of Bersih 3.0 at home. The road ahead is long, but we will keep going.
Update, added on 3.50pm Saturday, 28th April, 2012:
Just scrolled through the photos on Malaysiakini website.
And in this photo, who are those men in red long-sleeved t-shirts?
https://picasaweb.google.com/114255707155530008408/Bersih3RallyEvent#slideshow/5736304900046652018https://picasaweb.google.com/114255707155530008408/Bersih3RallyEvent#slideshow/5736304900046652018
Just read this on bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17878603
28 April 2012
Last updated at 07:59 GMT
It says tear gas had been fired at Merdeka Square. So The One Najib is really afraid of Bersih.
Update, added on 4.15pm Sat, 28th Apr, 2012
According Malaysiakini, tear gas was first fired at Jalan Tar - Jalan Tun Perak Junction, at 3.01pm.
3.29pm, water Cannon was first used at the crowd outside The Bar Council building at Lebuh Pasar Besar.
3.50pm, pockets of demonstrators are being chased by police near Sogo Shopping Mall.
4:10pm - Jalan TAR - A group of protesters sit along
the closed Jalan TAR road. An ice-cream seller is doing a roaring
business as protesters seek to quench their thirst. FRU fire chemical-laced water at them in front of Kamdar department store along Jalan TAR.
So far 35 individuals had been arrested.
This is fun, it is clearly The One Najib is truly afraid. And this is the first time I am following a live report of a rally online.
Update, at 4.37pm.
From Malaysiakini,
at 4.27pm, near Maybank building, protesters are hauling empty water bottles at the trucks of police.
Scrolling through the photos of the event online, I saw the photo of KLCC, one of the 6 converging points, and I do not see any mention of what is happening at the place right now, as in nothing? Because a lot of luxurious goods outlets are there?
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