The demonstration organised and co-ordinated by the Bersih Organisation took place on Saturday, 28 April 2012 not only in and around the Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square), Kuala Lumpur but also in States and places overseas.
Reports from participants overseas came in from UK, Melbourne, Hong Kong, US to name a few.
By 2.00 pm on 284, a few hundred thousands people from all walks of life and ages converged from several roads to the said Dataran. The rally managed to attract as much as 500,000 in totality and they were from various townships in other States. Such was the solidarity.
It was indeed sad and rueful to note that all main roads leading to the city were blocked by the Police in the morning. The blockades caused massive traffic chaos and fumes among the people intending to zoom into the city doing their respective chores. Many including me were trapped on the roads for hours under the hot sun. Many cars stalled because of overheating. The situation turned very ugly.
Two incidents were reported - one the protesters overturned a patrol car which rammed and injured some protestors outside Sogo Departmental Stores in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and the other incident took place quite near to the Dataran where some protestors removed a few of the barricades which gave the Police the excuse to train the water cannons and fire the tear gas cannisters at the protestors who were peacefully assembled at Dataran.
Hell then broke loose when it was reported plain-clothed policemen wearing the yellow Bersih 3.0 T-shirt started to detain and assault by-standers and protestors of all ages. Many were taken to the police station and were subjected to inhuman treatment. Innocent bystanders were beaten up and kicked. The scene marked a black spot in the history of human development in Malaysia.
Now the Government is trying to justify her actions by trying to seet up an inquiry into the outbreak of unruliness. Opposition members were accused of hijacking the Bersih movement. What a sham!
Eventually, they will find some scapegoats and try to justify their wrong doing. It is time our political meatheads stop playing games with the people. The people will never be able to overthrow the government through the barrel of the guns but they can so so with their wisdom of their votes. Their votes at the GE 13 shall be their weapons which will decimate all these madness, incompetencies and empty vessels within the civil and uniformed services.
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