A day before UN International Human Rights Day..."Oops,you are under arrest!"

While I was having a dialogue with the BAR secretary Mr Lim Chee Wee this morning,I was being informed by Mr Lim that 7 people were arrested in this morning's Human Rights Day activities in KL.(I found out it was 9 till the end of day)

Photo by Malaysiakini

Some hundreds of people go on with the walk from Sogo to Central Market this morning,although the walk scheduled as the People's Freedom Walk had been called off earlier.But,they were blocked by the police with an outnumbered situation while the unofficial walk is going on,,and with no choice left the unofficial walk had to be cancelled.

I was told that the police earlier had granted the crowd a permission to walk for 10 minutes,but then the police didn't keep to their words and do what they had promised,but blocked the crowd and warned the crowd to disperse.

Photo by Malaysiakini

In the meantime they were dispersing upon the police orders,8 were arrested,they were the Bar Council Human Rights Committee deputy chairman Amir Hamzah Arshad,N.Surendren,senior counsel R.Sivarasa and his colleague,Latheefa Koya,while among the NGO personnel arrested were Eric Paulsen,Anthony Andu and Noor Aza Othman.Frankly,I'm totally so shock about the arrest made,things must have gone very wrong if they even arrest lawyers...

The guy in black shirt negotiating with the DBKL officer is Edmund Bon.Photo by BAR council

And in noon,as the event was going on in the indoor inside the BAR Council building,Bar Council Human Rughts Committee chairman,Edmond Bon was arrested by police for obstructing the DBKL officers from pursuing their duties.Edmund was arrested when he was trying to stop the DBKL officers to take down the banners from the Bar council building.However,please bear in mind that the DBKL officers this noon were carrying their duties without warrant.

And the worst part is,those who were arrested even were not permitted by the police to meet their lawyers.The BAR council chairwoman expressed her disappointment on the police.

Watch and listen carefully...



In today as well,14 persons that were related to the BERSIH rally were arrested today,all over the nation.PAS vice president Mohamad Sabu was arrested during his daughter's wedding in Ipoh,PKR Information Chief Tian Chua was arrested in a Suaram function in Johor Baru,and the others were mostly the rally's Amal team members that guarded the rally.

Malaysian government and police,again gave a big punch to the country and its people just before the UN International Human Rights Day by making so many arrest.And some of it,were even unlawful and not reasonable arrest.

While we are celebrating the International Human Rights Day,maybe the guys in Putrajaya and Bukit Aman would ask,"Human rights?What human rights?I just know you are not RIGHT!"

And again,lagi-lagi,this is democracy Malaysian-style...

Before I forget,by the time I blogged this,none of them were released.Please update me if tehre is any information.Thanks...