Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email When many countries allow for right to dissent or protest peacefully, some country do not, including Malaysia and Singapore. Strict rules are used to deny permits, and if everything else fails…there’s tear gas and chemical water to help clear the roads.
Within hours, the Internet and media have been updated with the horror that happened in Kuala Lumpur today. Let’s have a look a MK video clip on Youtube below:
“Saya ada anak! (I have child) Saya ada anak!”, cries the lady.
BBC reports:
Malaysian security forces have used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest by ethnic Indians in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
AFP reports:
Malaysian police Saturday fired teargas and water cannons to disperse ethnic Indians clutching flowers and gathered in the capital, in the latest crackdown on public protests, witnesses said.
Malaysian police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians carrying roses to symbolise a peaceful demand for justice.
With the Malaysian government concerned about street protests in the run-up to early general elections on March 8, around 100 policemen, including riot police with helmets and shields, turned out to disperse a gathering of about 300 men, women and children.
And the dreaded Al-Jazeera 🙂
Police in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur have used tear gas and chemical-laced water to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians demanding racial equality. On Saturday about 300 men, women and children were dispersed by about 100 policemen, including riot police with helmets and shields.
AFP Image by Tengku Bahar:
From IHT:
“Long Live Hindraf,” “We want our rights,” the crowd chanted before being chased away by bursts of tear gas and water cannons.
The Hindu:
Malaysian police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday to break up a rally by about 200 ethnic Indians, some carrying roses to symbolize their peaceful demand for racial equality.
The crackdown in Kuala Lumpur came ahead of March 8 general elections and was likely to further alienate Malaysia’s minority ethnic Indians, who have long complained of racial discrimination in this country that has an ethnic Malay Muslim majority.
NDTV:
In a fresh crackdown on ethnic Indians, Malaysian police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse over 200 protesters.
They tried to march to Parliament in defiance of a ban to give roses to premier Abdullah Badawi to ”seek justice”.
About 200 Malaysian ethnic Indians defied a police order and rallied in the capital today demanding equal rights and the release of supporters held without trial as tensions rise three weeks before the country holds elections.
Carrying banners and roses, members of the Hindu Rights Action Force, or Hindraf, gathered near the city hall in Kuala Lumpur at 9 a.m. local time. Fifteen minutes later police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the group and arrested dozens of participants.
Malaysian police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians carrying roses to symbolise a peaceful demand for justice.
Fresh protests by ethnic Indians in Malaysia has once again set capital Kuala Lumpur on the edge. On Saturday (Feb 16) about 300 men, women and children were dispersed by about 100 policemen Police had to resort to tear gas and chemical-laced water to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians demanding racial equality.
