
Ex-IGP: Pro-communist elements in Bersih 3.0
Former IGP Hanif Omar says he spotted pro-communist elements in pictures of the crowd at the Bersih 3.0 rally.




UPDATED 7.10PM
Bar president Lim Chee Wee says this will be done in light of the release of its interim report today.



The union in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today says the committee should take over the investigation as the assault involved police.




They want RM1,500 instead of the government's figure of RM900 per month for the peninsula and RM800 for East Malaysia.







Hindraf head Uthayakumar says the heavy-handed police response to a road accident is akin to ‘hitting a fly with a sledgehammer’.


COMMENT
It is the police's duty to be professional, there must be a distinction between crowd control and riot suppression.

He says structural reforms in the economy, higher productivity jobs and expanding the women workforce are also needed.

'It is classic craft of authoritarian regimes using the state-controlled media to turn the victims into criminals.'

The PM’s promise of greater democracy has been shattered following the unleashing of mayhem during Bersih 3.0.

Sarawak Report
says the BBC has stated that it is checking to see if any of its Bersih news reports were edited.

What is Terasasi (Hong Kong) Ltd, which received RM144m from French defence company DCN? Is it just a sign on a door?

'A senior officer named Jamal and I had a gentlemen's deal that the crowd would be allowed to disperse peacefully...'.

UPDATED 1.50
The arrest is believed to be linked to claims that R Thangam had removed the barriers to Dataran Merdeka.

FREE
VOXPOP
'Thank you, inspector-general of police Ismail Omar. At least, you have balls to correct your minister.'

iWITNESS
Here's what a reporter saw over 90 minutes of an arrest-filled phase of Bersih 3.0 in front of Royal Selangor Club.


