10:30am : About 200 people are gathered in and around the courthouse.

There are 3 FRU trucks with about 40 personnel and several police trucks.
Among the opposition leaders present are Parliamentary Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang, Fong Po Kuan (DAP MP for Batu Gajah), Chong Eng (DAP MP for Bukit Mertajam), Salahuddin Ayub (PAS MP for Kubang Kerian), Dr Syed Husin Ali and Mahfuz Omar (PAS), M. Kula (DAP MP for Ipoh Barat).
NGOs on the ground: GERAK and SUARAM.
There is a large number of lawyers present too.