http://bersih.org/?p=203 Coalition for Clean & Fair Elections | Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih & Adil Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:19:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://bersih.org/?p=203&cpage=1#comment-5523 Memorandum to Suhakam on Batu Burok (13.09.07) « ntbn.wordpress.com Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:15:11 +0000 http://bersih.org/?p=203#comment-5523 [...] It is highly probable that the violence was triggered by the police to serve the ruling coalition’s political interest on three grounds. Firstly, BERSIH has held six similar rallies in the past 12 months, all conducted orderly and peacefully as the police then did not obstruct the rallies. Secondly, the police destroyed all recorded evidence – still pictures, videos – of the incident taken by media and later accused BERSIH and the opposition parties of instigating violence, with some dubious photos provided by the police force’s cameraman. Thirdly, no sooner than names of the BERSIH and the opposition parties were smeared in the government-controlled media, the Government has announced the ban on public rallies (ceramah) before next elections. |more…| [...] [...] It is highly probable that the violence was triggered by the police to serve the ruling coalition’s political interest on three grounds. Firstly, BERSIH has held six similar rallies in the past 12 months, all conducted orderly and peacefully as the police then did not obstruct the rallies. Secondly, the police destroyed all recorded evidence – still pictures, videos – of the incident taken by media and later accused BERSIH and the opposition parties of instigating violence, with some dubious photos provided by the police force’s cameraman. Thirdly, no sooner than names of the BERSIH and the opposition parties were smeared in the government-controlled media, the Government has announced the ban on public rallies (ceramah) before next elections. |more…| [...]

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