
Suhakam: Counter-demo not protected if it is to intimidate
It will cease to enjoy the right to protection under the freedom of peaceful assembly, says Razali Ismail.

It will cease to enjoy the right to protection under the freedom of peaceful assembly, says Razali Ismail.

The previous home minister declared Bersih illegal, but the court disagreed.

UPDATED 7.20PM | He says Jamal and his red-shirts seem to have control of the government.

Participant says police trailed them and prevented convoy from entering Bandar Baru Klang.

‘There was no physical confrontation, just shouting,’ says Fadiah Nadwa Fikri.

Two days ago, the organisers of the red-shirts informed editors of online news portal Malaysiakini that if some queries on funding are not answered by this afternoon, they would “tear down” Malaysiakini’s office building.

UPDATED 3.45PM | The Nov 19 rally will be a celebration of the success of their nationwide awareness campaign, says the ex-chair.

YOURSAY | 'It's a choice between instant gratification and a long-term one.'

UPDATED 4.50PM | She says unlike PM, Bersih's accounts are public and anyone can check their funding sources.

The on-going expose on Bersih’s funding source truly insults the right-minded Malaysians who care enough for a stable government that charts a course towards a peaceful, progressive and prosperous nation.

For some, especially the youth, rocking with Butterfingers is more enticing than Bersih 5.

Sometimes even an education in a prestigious institution goes to absolute waste.

ANALYSIS | From a concurrent mega rock concert to political fatigue, the rally faces too many challenges.

Now that Seputeh MP YB Teresa Kok has finally admitted that the Bersih demonstration is exclusively held to uphold minority rights, this begs the question - what happened to the Malays who once thronged the street of Dataran Merdeka with them not long ago?

UPDATED 5.34PM | She was detained for distributing flyers in Kota Marudu, says Bersih.

YOURSAY | ‘This is not the first time the gov’t has sided with the aggressors … and blamed the victims.’

UPDATED 5PM | They urge the public to donate to their cause, as they aim to raise RM500,000.

YOURSAY | ‘The police should go after the culprits, especially the one who launched the flying-kick attack.’

COMMENT | Najib should reprimand his minister. Or was he condoning such threats?

Abdul Rahman Dahlan’s statement that the government will blacklist companies that sponsor the Bersih movement is uncalled for, immature and arrogant. It is tantamount to a political threat and blackmail, and exposes a dictatorial streak which seems to course through the veins of most Umno politicians.

Yesterday, the Minister in the PM’s Department in charge of the Economic Planning Unit, Abdul Rahman Dahlan, said the government will blacklist people who sponsored the upcoming Bersih rally from getting government contracts.

UPDATED 8.53PM | Abdul Rahman Dahlan heeds Utusan, says firms will be subject to background checks.

Mohd Hashim asks if Maria Chin will only praise EC after opposition takes Putrajaya.

The scenes unfolded in two videos on Facebook.