18 July 2011

Malaysia Exclusive News and Update on BERSIH 2.0

1. Police urge public to submit Bersih 2.0 rally videos
- Anyone in possession of video recordings of the police resorting to violence to disperse crowds during the July 9 illegal rally should surrender them to the long arm of the law.

2. Gov't feels threatened, says Marina Mahathir
- The Malaysian government feels threatened, is in a total state of panic and cannot think clearly, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's eldest daughter Marina Mahathir says.
 

3. I did not bring knife to demo, says protester
- The man behind the image of an alleged 'violent protester' that was splashed on the front pages of the country's major newspapers after the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9 has stepped forward.

4. Bersih activist dismisses Utusan's Jewish claim
- Claims in a government-linked newspaper today that a protest for electoral reform could open the country up to interference from Jewish groups has been rubbished by poll activists.

5. Pak Samad: Umno playing race card on Bersih 2.0
- Umno, the commanding political party in the BN, is using the threat of Malays losing their political power to shore up its support base in countering the electoral reform demanded by Bersih 2.0, says national laureate A Samad Said.

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