
'Opposition anxious about people deciding their fate'
Najib says these groups are casting doubts on government institutions because they know they have no support from the people.





The PAS deputy president says the EC has to clean up its act, as the people’s support for electoral reform was present.

The court sets Oct 5 to hear a RM30 million defamation suit filed by Seputeh MP against writer Chamil Wariya and Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd.

UPDATED 8.05PM
'If action was not taken... the situation would have become far more dangerous,' says IGP.

The Penang CM also calls for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, as proposed six years ago.



UPDATED 7.15PM
This contradicts Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s earlier claim.
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PM appears today to have weathered the weekend's violent electoral reform protest and may still call elections as early as June.

The Appeals Court in Putrajaya today allowed murder convict Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar to put in additional grounds in his petition of appeal.



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The opposition knows M'sians will not give it power to form government through the electoral process.



UPDATED 4.55PM
Mohamad Salleh Ismail says NFC’s beef is with Rafizi, who is trying to push the problem to others.
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The police should have no problem with a peaceful walk, says PSM national treasurer, A Sivarajan.
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UPDATED 4.15PM
Selangor PAS Muslimat head says people in Bersih T-shirts countermanded the order to disperse.


UPDATED 3.45PM
Reps from boths sides worked together for Parliamentary Services Act 1963 to be to re-established.

UPDATED 4.45PM The PKR deputy president was indicating that he had negotiated with police for more time for supporters to disperse.

UPDATED 3.13PM
But he argues that removing part of the barricade around Dataran is not an offence.
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Nasrudin Hassan says the Unit Amal felt that Jalan P Ramlee was the space to escape the area and slip pass the police siege.

COMMENT
The rally is over. But its ideals will continue to influence the hearts and minds of Malaysians, not only locally but all over the world.



UPDATED 8.05PM
Judge Akhtar Tahir announces this after concluding that the prosecution had established a prima facie case.

Unlike their Malaysian counterparts, French police assured the protesters of protection from anyone who intimidated them.

COMMENT
The truth is that we all went there to break the law. A law devoid of fair play and justice, enforced to the detriment of citizens.

A Malaysiakinijournalist recalls his detention - and his frustration over the seizure of his camera memory card.


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YOURSAY
‘When did we have 250,000 Malaysians of different ages, races, religions and cultures stand for a cause?'

Six press associated bodies condemn the arrest of two journalists and alleged police violence towards others at the Bersih 3.0 rally.

COMMENT
What Umno is saying is that they and they alone control the public and emotional spaces of this country.


Kit Siang, who was among those at Bersih 3.0, said the breach of a police cordon around the field cannot justify the reprisal.

COMMENT
The gov't reactions suggest it will evade rather than engage with the actual meaning of Bersih 3.0.

PM Najib defended the government's decision to ban protesters from using Dataran Merdeka for Bersih 3.0.
