A Bersih ceramah in Bukit Gedung, Penang was disrupted by about 50 people in red-shirts, who gathered at the opposite side of the road.

The red-shirts started their own ceramah at about 9.45pm when Deputy Chief Minister I Rashid Hasnon was speaking at the Bersih event.

Their voices nearly drowned out Rashid's speech.

Undeterred, Rashid, who is also PKR's Pulau Jerejak assemblyperson, told the participants at the Bersih event to chant "Bersih! Bersih!".

 

 

The red-shirts, however, insisted that Bersih end their ceramah if they "do not want any untoward incident to happen".

The red-shirts also chanted "Undur, undur!" (Retreat) and "Hancur, hancur!" (Destroy).

Police personnel stood watch at both events.

Comedian Leman Raja Lawak, who was at the Bersih event, told those attending to ignore the red-shirts despite the red-shirts shouting at Bersih to "balik" (go home).

Bersih secretariat member Mandeep Singh said this is the second time in Penang that he is greeted by the red-shirts.

"I think they love us who come from Kuala Lumpur to speak about Bersih, " he joked.

The red-shirts also shouted "Malaysiakini jangan tipu rakyat!" ("Malaysiakini, don't lie to the people!").

Both ceramahs ended peacefully at around 11. 40pm, with no untoward incidents.

Red-shirts were still shouting on top of their voices, disparaging yellow-shirt leaders as “liars and traitors” until Bersih’s last speaker, Parti Amanah Negara president Mohamad Sabu, ended his speech.

Mohamad, better known as Mat Sabu, dismissed the group, saying that soon they may be on Bersih’s side like former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

However, he ticked off the police for being unfair, saying, “If we were the ones disrupting a BN ceramah, we would have been whacked by the police.”