Tens of thousands of Malaysians gathered today at Stadium
Merdeka. Contrary to what the Minister of Home Affairs would like to
believe, there was no unrest, no chaos and no violence which would go
down in history to yet again mark this day with the likes of earlier
demonstrations in the city.
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The police were not required to assemble in thousands in the city.
They did not have to stand in line in the sun up against their own
fellow Malaysian's. The water canons didn't have to be used. Not only
that, there were no arrests. There was no make shift police station
specifically set up to house the thousands of people arrested. There was
no need for the police to send out teams of investigating officers who
would need to work tirelessly taking down statements from all those
arrested.
There was also no need for lawyers to be lined up outside these stations all night waiting for access to those detained. There was no need for the families of those detained to worry about their safety not knowing their whereabouts or what was to happen to them next.
There were no incidents in which anyone was injured. There was no overturning of cars, no scenes of persons being shot at by water canons or running in fear or being chased or beaten by the police.
There were no scenes of people, old or young, drenched with chemically laced water, with their eyes swollen, having difficulties breathing. There were no reported incidents of people dying on the streets.
All in all there are no news reports published to the rest of the world wherein we the people of Malaysia are depicted as criminals who run riot in our own country in need of attack from our own police.
There are no scenes of drenched streets, closed businesses and destruction of public property.
The people have proved Hisham wrong
The police were not required to assemble in thousands in the city.
They did not have to stand in line in the sun up against their own
fellow Malaysian's. The water canons didn't have to be used. Not only
that, there were no arrests. There was no make shift police station
specifically set up to house the thousands of people arrested. There was
no need for the police to send out teams of investigating officers who
would need to work tirelessly taking down statements from all those
arrested.There was also no need for lawyers to be lined up outside these stations all night waiting for access to those detained. There was no need for the families of those detained to worry about their safety not knowing their whereabouts or what was to happen to them next.
There were no incidents in which anyone was injured. There was no overturning of cars, no scenes of persons being shot at by water canons or running in fear or being chased or beaten by the police.
There were no scenes of people, old or young, drenched with chemically laced water, with their eyes swollen, having difficulties breathing. There were no reported incidents of people dying on the streets.
All in all there are no news reports published to the rest of the world wherein we the people of Malaysia are depicted as criminals who run riot in our own country in need of attack from our own police.
There are no scenes of drenched streets, closed businesses and destruction of public property.
The people have proved Hisham wrong