Hisham says no plans for military action, won’t shut Internet
By Melissa Chi
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein pledged today that the government will not resort to deploying military personnel for the Bersih rally tomorrow, nor will Internet services be disrupted.
Electoral reform movement Bersih has vowed to press ahead with a rally calling for free and fair elections at Stadium Merdeka despite the authorities rejecting a police permit and withholding permission to use the historic venue. Two other groups, Perkasa and Umno Youth, have also been barred from carrying out counter-protests.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, or the day after. But under the law, there are provisions, so at the moment, we feel that there are police in place, so there is no necessity to talk about the military,” the Home Minister told reporters at the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters here.
Hishammuddin said the government will react according to how events unfold tomorrow. City authorities and the police have said some 32 roads will be closed to traffic while express bus services from the city centre have been rerouted to Hentian Duta.
The police have also brought in personnel from beyond the city limits to aid in the operations. They have also applied for court orders to bar 91 people from Bersih, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city tomorrow.
Bersih, a loose coalition of 62 non-governmental organisations, has insisted that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka tomorrow, stating that it is too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It has also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the rally to take place in the historical venue.
Blogger: The above news is taken from The MALAYSIAN Insider
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Bersih clarifies no police permit for Stadium Merdeka rally
Bersih clarifies no police permit for Stadium Merdeka rally
UPDATED @ 02:12:36 PM 08-07-2011
By Boo Su-Lyn
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 clarified today that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Maria Chin Abdullah, a steering committee member of the electoral reform movement, also told The Malaysian Insider today that Bersih 2.0 did not apply for a police permit.
Chin said the police sent the polls watchdog a letter today saying that no permit would be issued for tomorrow’s gathering at the historic stadium.
Blogger: The Malaysian insider reported about an hour ago saying that Bersih 2.0 has got permit but later clarified that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
UPDATED @ 02:12:36 PM 08-07-2011
By Boo Su-Lyn
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 clarified today that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Maria Chin Abdullah, a steering committee member of the electoral reform movement, also told The Malaysian Insider today that Bersih 2.0 did not apply for a police permit.
Chin said the police sent the polls watchdog a letter today saying that no permit would be issued for tomorrow’s gathering at the historic stadium.
Blogger: The Malaysian insider reported about an hour ago saying that Bersih 2.0 has got permit but later clarified that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Ambiga fights ‘illegal’ order outlawing Bersih
Ambiga fights ‘illegal’ order outlawing Bersih
By Debra Chong
July 08, 2011
Ambiga maintains that Bersih 2.0 is unrelated to the original Bersih movement. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk biga Sreenevasan today mounted legal action to challenge the decision by the home minister, the Inspector-General of Police and the government to outlaw the electoral reform movement.
Bersih 2.0 said the government order issued was illegal and not rational, and is now seeking a judicial review for the order to be cancelled immediately.
Ambiga and 13 other people connected with the electoral reform movement named in the suit want the court to issue a restriction order against the authorities to stop government officers from entering and raiding their premises, and to return all Bersih 2.0 property and materials seized in the last two weeks — ranging from the yellow T-shirts, posters, placards, pictures, members’ list.
In its papers filed at the High Court earlier this morning, the group said Bersih 2.0 is wholly different from the entity known as Bersih launched in 2007 as the new movement launched in November 2010 is a coalition made up of only civil society organisations and does not include any political parties.
It further said that Bersih 2.0 had held several meetings with the three authorities named in the suit since its launch and “no complaints have ever been made that Bersih 2.0 had acted illegally or in a way that prejudiced national security or public peace”.
Bersih 2.0 said it had planned to hold a gathering tomorrow, July 9, to demand for free and fair elections and that many other regular citizens also want take part.
But in the last two weeks the authorities have mounted an “intensive crackdown on Bersih 2.0 supporters” and that the plaintiffs were given no chance to air their views before the order was issued.
MORE TO COME
The above article is taken from The Malaysian Insider
By Debra Chong
July 08, 2011
Ambiga maintains that Bersih 2.0 is unrelated to the original Bersih movement. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk biga Sreenevasan today mounted legal action to challenge the decision by the home minister, the Inspector-General of Police and the government to outlaw the electoral reform movement.
Bersih 2.0 said the government order issued was illegal and not rational, and is now seeking a judicial review for the order to be cancelled immediately.
Ambiga and 13 other people connected with the electoral reform movement named in the suit want the court to issue a restriction order against the authorities to stop government officers from entering and raiding their premises, and to return all Bersih 2.0 property and materials seized in the last two weeks — ranging from the yellow T-shirts, posters, placards, pictures, members’ list.
In its papers filed at the High Court earlier this morning, the group said Bersih 2.0 is wholly different from the entity known as Bersih launched in 2007 as the new movement launched in November 2010 is a coalition made up of only civil society organisations and does not include any political parties.
It further said that Bersih 2.0 had held several meetings with the three authorities named in the suit since its launch and “no complaints have ever been made that Bersih 2.0 had acted illegally or in a way that prejudiced national security or public peace”.
Bersih 2.0 said it had planned to hold a gathering tomorrow, July 9, to demand for free and fair elections and that many other regular citizens also want take part.
But in the last two weeks the authorities have mounted an “intensive crackdown on Bersih 2.0 supporters” and that the plaintiffs were given no chance to air their views before the order was issued.
MORE TO COME
The above article is taken from The Malaysian Insider
Khairy says police reigniting tensions with restriction orders
Khairy says police reigniting tensions with restriction orders
By Shannon Teoh
July 07, 2011
Khairy: The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”
“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
Although Umno Youth and Perkasa had threatened to hold counter-rallies this weekend against the electoral reforms movement, the youth wing had stood down after Bersih accepted the government’s offer to move its street rally to a stadium.
“The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.
Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?”
The post drew numerous replies from others, most of whom were as “perplexed” as the first-term MP.
Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan had also questioned the Inspector General of Police’s sincerity in meeting Bersih this afternoon while Kuala Lumpur police obtained court orders to bar leaders of the electoral reforms movement from entering the city this Saturday.
The Bersih chief told The Malaysian Insider that Tan Sri Ismail Omar made no mention of the court order that prevents a whopping 91 persons from the movement, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the capital, despite the meeting taking place at the same time the order was sought.
The court order also allows city police to shut down roads, effectively paralysing any attempts to rally on the day.
Bersih had insisted after leaving Bukit Aman today that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka on Saturday, stating that it was too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the coalition of 62 NGOs to hold its rally in the historical venue.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had stepped in on Sunday to defuse tension by advising the Najib administration and Bersih 2.0 to hold consultations over the issue of free and fair elections.
Despite Bersih meeting Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Tuesday and accepting Najib’s offer, the prime minister said yesterday that the now outlawed Bersih would still have to make an official application to the police.
The police have continued to make arrests in connection with the rally, most of which revolving around yellow T-shirts with the word Bersih emblazoned on them in a clampdown that has seen over a hundred arrested in the past two weeks.
Blogger: The above article is from The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh
July 07, 2011
Khairy: The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”
“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
Although Umno Youth and Perkasa had threatened to hold counter-rallies this weekend against the electoral reforms movement, the youth wing had stood down after Bersih accepted the government’s offer to move its street rally to a stadium.
“The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.
Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?”
The post drew numerous replies from others, most of whom were as “perplexed” as the first-term MP.
Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan had also questioned the Inspector General of Police’s sincerity in meeting Bersih this afternoon while Kuala Lumpur police obtained court orders to bar leaders of the electoral reforms movement from entering the city this Saturday.
The Bersih chief told The Malaysian Insider that Tan Sri Ismail Omar made no mention of the court order that prevents a whopping 91 persons from the movement, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the capital, despite the meeting taking place at the same time the order was sought.
The court order also allows city police to shut down roads, effectively paralysing any attempts to rally on the day.
Bersih had insisted after leaving Bukit Aman today that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka on Saturday, stating that it was too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the coalition of 62 NGOs to hold its rally in the historical venue.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had stepped in on Sunday to defuse tension by advising the Najib administration and Bersih 2.0 to hold consultations over the issue of free and fair elections.
Despite Bersih meeting Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Tuesday and accepting Najib’s offer, the prime minister said yesterday that the now outlawed Bersih would still have to make an official application to the police.
The police have continued to make arrests in connection with the rally, most of which revolving around yellow T-shirts with the word Bersih emblazoned on them in a clampdown that has seen over a hundred arrested in the past two weeks.
Blogger: The above article is from The Malaysian Insider
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
Published: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:54:00 PM
Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:59:06 PM
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have obtained a restriction order preventing 91 people, including Bersih organisers, Patriot/Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city central business district on July 9.
Acting CPO SAC Datuk Amar Sing said the police would enforce the order under Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code if any one of the names stated in the order defied the restriction.
Those on the list include Bersih chief Datuk S. Ambiga, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali
"They can be liable and charged under Section 188 of the Penal Code with Disobeying a Lawful Order of the Court which carries a maximum six months imprisonment or a fine or both upon conviction," he said here Thursday.
Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:59:06 PM
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have obtained a restriction order preventing 91 people, including Bersih organisers, Patriot/Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city central business district on July 9.
Acting CPO SAC Datuk Amar Sing said the police would enforce the order under Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code if any one of the names stated in the order defied the restriction.
Those on the list include Bersih chief Datuk S. Ambiga, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali
"They can be liable and charged under Section 188 of the Penal Code with Disobeying a Lawful Order of the Court which carries a maximum six months imprisonment or a fine or both upon conviction," he said here Thursday.
大選或在半年內舉行‧慕尤丁促國陣議員備戰
大選或在半年內舉行‧慕尤丁促國陣議員備戰
國內
2011-07-07 10:10
（布城6日訊）副首相丹斯里慕尤丁促請國陣議員，作好準備以應付可能在半年內舉行的全國大選。
他提醒國陣議員，在這半年時間內，須籌劃選區的服務焦點應集中在甚麼地方。
他披露，為了讓國陣議員更全面接觸草根選民，首相署已同意撥出款項，作為議員與選民接觸點（touchpoint）的活動計劃上，讓議員更有效的照顧更有需要的選民。
國陣州議員俱樂部晚宴
他今晚出席國陣州議員俱樂部的晚宴上致詞時說，國陣在來屆大選面對的挑戰會比上屆來得更艱鉅。
他透露，他認識的專欄作者凱林拉斯蘭，就曾評論來屆全國大選國陣可面對第二次的政治海嘯，而他本身也無法回答這個問題。
“目前的策略唯有著重在議員必須如何有效的、更具策略的協助選民。”
他舉例說，議員可以下鄉訪問患病選民，在經濟上給予協助，付出的可能不多，但卻可得到很大的效果。
因此，他說，如果全國大選在這6個月內舉行，國陣議員應認真思考哪一些服務項目應優先進行。
他說，大選可能在這6個月內舉行只是一項指南，或許大選也會延至明、後年舉行，所以議員應在這6個月，展開更多有效的服務計劃。
他表示，國陣議員也應把焦點，放在關注選民的想法，同時掌握選民的動態，因選民的態度會決定一切的成敗。
“掌握選民的情緒後，接下來要考慮是如何展開有策略性步驟，向目標及通過接觸點的地方下手。由於來屆大選會更激烈，議員若能與選民多接觸及瞭解他們的需要，或多或少能提高國陣支持度。”
（星洲日報）
國內
2011-07-07 10:10
（布城6日訊）副首相丹斯里慕尤丁促請國陣議員，作好準備以應付可能在半年內舉行的全國大選。
他提醒國陣議員，在這半年時間內，須籌劃選區的服務焦點應集中在甚麼地方。
他披露，為了讓國陣議員更全面接觸草根選民，首相署已同意撥出款項，作為議員與選民接觸點（touchpoint）的活動計劃上，讓議員更有效的照顧更有需要的選民。
國陣州議員俱樂部晚宴
他今晚出席國陣州議員俱樂部的晚宴上致詞時說，國陣在來屆大選面對的挑戰會比上屆來得更艱鉅。
他透露，他認識的專欄作者凱林拉斯蘭，就曾評論來屆全國大選國陣可面對第二次的政治海嘯，而他本身也無法回答這個問題。
“目前的策略唯有著重在議員必須如何有效的、更具策略的協助選民。”
他舉例說，議員可以下鄉訪問患病選民，在經濟上給予協助，付出的可能不多，但卻可得到很大的效果。
因此，他說，如果全國大選在這6個月內舉行，國陣議員應認真思考哪一些服務項目應優先進行。
他說，大選可能在這6個月內舉行只是一項指南，或許大選也會延至明、後年舉行，所以議員應在這6個月，展開更多有效的服務計劃。
他表示，國陣議員也應把焦點，放在關注選民的想法，同時掌握選民的動態，因選民的態度會決定一切的成敗。
“掌握選民的情緒後，接下來要考慮是如何展開有策略性步驟，向目標及通過接觸點的地方下手。由於來屆大選會更激烈，議員若能與選民多接觸及瞭解他們的需要，或多或少能提高國陣支持度。”
（星洲日報）
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