Lim Kit Siang

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• The day when the people rise up: July 9
• Kit Siang accuses Najib of being insincere in Bersih row
• Cops: Restriction order against 91 individuals
• Najib at risk of becoming the first Kafkaesque Prime Minister in Malaysia who does not mean what he says and does not say what he means
• Bersih 2.0 warns of telco, Internet blackout
• Najib and gang say the darndest things
• Let’s debate: Rahman
• The Wisdom of the Students
• Putrajaya freezes bus permits for Bersih weekend
• Najib endorses silat groups despite their threat to Bersih
• Are police waging war against the Agong?
• Bersih clearly played out by Najib
• Wake up, BN doesn’t play by the rules
• Councillors in the dock: Another one for the books
• Roadblocks to check for weapons? My foot!

The day when the people rise up: July 9 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:29 AM PDT By Kim Quek July 07, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 7 — That's it! Bersih finally has had enough of the treacherous conduct of a shameless government which has lost all sense of decency! In a firmly worded statement released late last night, Bersih effectively said "come what may, we will have our rally [...]

Kit Siang accuses Najib of being insincere in Bersih row Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:22 AM PDT By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal July 07, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — DAP leader Lim Kit Siang accused Datuk Seri Najib Razak today of being insincere and irresponsible for continuing with the Bersih clampdown, despite the group heeding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's call to hold the July 9 rally in a [...]

Cops: Restriction order against 91 individuals Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:26 AM PDT by Regina Lee Malaysiakini Jul 7, 11 The police have placed a restriction order on 91 individuals, including organisers of the Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth’s Patriot rallies. The order is to stop any of the 91 from being present at several spots in Kuala Lumpur on July 9. “This means that anyone (on [...]

Najib at risk of becoming the first Kafkaesque Prime Minister in Malaysia who does not mean what he says and does not say what he means Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:25 AM PDT Datuk Seri Najib Razak runs the risk of becoming the first Kafkaesque Prime Minister in Malaysia who does not mean what he says and does not say what he means. "Kafkaesque" relates to or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings and is often applied to bizarre and impersonal administrative situations where the individual feels [...]

Bersih 2.0 warns of telco, Internet blackout Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT Malaysiakini | Jul 7, 11 With less than 48 hours to the Bersih 2.0 rally, the movement now claims to have received information that the mobile phone networks and Internet services would be suspended this weekend. In a statement today, the Bersih 2.0 steering committee said that such a measures to frustrate the rally would [...]

Najib and gang say the darndest things Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:26 AM PDT By Kee Thuan Chye | July 7, 2011 Free Malaysia Today The Bersih 2.0 episode has taught us a few important things. About the officials who are supposed to serve us, the rakyat. First, it has taught us that our prime minister, Najib Tun Razak, is a coward, a passer-of-the-buck, and a man with a [...]

Let’s debate: Rahman Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT Daily Express | 6 July 2011 Kota Kinabalu: Kota Belud MP Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan on Tuesday challenged DAP Advisor Lim Kit Siang to an open debate regarding the proposed Tambatuon Dam. Expressing disappointment with the Ipoh Timur MP, he said the latter has been continuously instigating the people of Kg Tambatuon with misleading facts [...]

The Wisdom of the Students Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT By M. Bakri Musa In a remarkable display of professorial prowess, University of Malaya Vice-Chancellor Ghauth Jasmon recently engaged his students in a two-hour dialogue on what it would take to make their university great. With humility, pedagogical skills, and great stage presence, he enthralled his audience while imparting an important message. They in turn [...]

Putrajaya freezes bus permits for Bersih weekend Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT By G. Manimaran Bahasa Malaysia Editor The Malaysian Insider July 07, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Putrajaya has frozen temporary bus permits for travel across the peninsula to Kuala Lumpur, in what is seen as an effort to limit the turnout for Saturday's Bersih rally. Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed [...]

Najib endorses silat groups despite their threat to Bersih Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT by Boo Su-Lyn The Malaysian Insider July 07, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described silat and other self-defence exponents as the third line of defence in the country, including a group that has threatened to wage war against electoral reforms movement Bersih 2.0. Datuk Seri Najib Razak (centre), Tun [...]

Are police waging war against the Agong? Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:44 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘Who are the communists – the rakyat or Umnoputra? They are doing what Mao Zedong had done by clamping down the rakyat.’ DAP: Continued clampdown an affront to Agong Swipenter: The Umno regime and PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) must immediately desist from harassing the Bersih 2.0 supporters and [...]

Bersih clearly played out by Najib Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:36 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘Now that Bersih 2.0 organisers agree to hold the rally inside a stadium, Najib directs the stadiums not to allow it to happen.’ But Stadium Merdeka refuses Bersih’s booking Rayfire: The authorities will use all avenues to stop the rally. They have already started with their so-called weapons [...]

Wake up, BN doesn’t play by the rules Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:31 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘How come a ‘titah’ from Agong can be ignored by BN government? Is this a crisis of sorts about to begin between the royalty and Umno?’ Home minister: Bersih still illegal SusahKes: This is precisely why Umno will never learn – not until they are sent to the [...]

Councillors in the dock: Another one for the books Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:23 PM PDT Malaysiakini Vox Populi | Jul 7, 11 ‘Malaysia will enter the Guiness Book of Records as a Third World country for disallowing the wearing of yellow.’ Yellow tees: 11 councillors to be charged tomorrow Ong Guan Sin: The case will surely collapse as there is no basis of circumstances and law to support the ‘illegal’ [...]

Roadblocks to check for weapons? My foot! Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘How can you prevent anything just by sitting in your tent or waving all the cars to go through? You are merely causing inconvenience.’ Traffic gridlock in pre-Bersih rally roadblocks Zzzz: I commented in Malaysiakini earlier that the authorities will make it very difficult for people to move [...]

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