Posts in Bersih

Of Protests And Economic Sanctions

A reader left a comment on one of my previous posts, Malaysia Government Building a Police State? The Culture of Fear and Intimidation (2).
The post from November 9th was about Malaysia turning into a police state, and also how our government seeks to rule us by intimidating us and putting fear into our hearts.
One month [...]

Government-owned Media Front Page News: Agong Allegedly Disapproves of Bersih

Following my post, All Hope Lost for Electoral Reform? Not so fast, the government-owned print media had a field day running the “Agong rejected Bersih” story as their headline news (or at least it showed up in the first page).
Remember 6 days ago, when the government-owned media relegated news(oops, I meant ‘lies’) regarding the Bersih [...]

All Hope Lost for Electoral Reform? Not so fast.

The government-owned media has reported that the Agong has expressed regrets over claims that he had supported the Bersih rally.
This is certainly a piece of news sure to put a damper in the hopes of the 40,000 people marchers at the Bersih gathering last week, and their hundreds and thousands of other supporters who were [...]

Using Tear Gas On Innocent People Is Not Violence

Today, Malaysians Say The Darndest Things will look at our country’s Information Minister, Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin, or more fondly known as Zam.
To most Malaysians (or bloggers), this is a man that needs no further introduction since he started calling Malaysian bloggers ‘goblok’.
He has been spouting off a lot on government-owned media for the past [...]

Does Abdullah Ahmad Badawi think the Agong is Stupid?

During the UMNO General Assembly, Puteri UMNO chief Noraini Ahmad threatened the Sedition Act, Internal Security Act, Officials Secret Act and god knows what other bloody act on bloggers who have insulted the King and Islam.
Can we apply these acts to our Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, for insulting the King’s intelligence?
In today’s government-owned media [...]

Bersih Gathering: Mainstream Media Silence And Lies

The mainstream media lied again. And will probably lie again tomorrow. And the day after that, and…oh you get the idea. Were you fooled?
How did the government manipulate the media regarding the Bersih gathering?
Some examples that I observed leading up to the event, and after the event itself:
Those of you tuned in to RTM TV, [...]



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