Source MalaysianInsider
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — DAP have condemned police action in breaking up last night's gathering in Petaling Jaya to mark the first anniversary of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) rally.
Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he was "shocked at the violence by the police."
"I cannot understand why peaceful citizens and elected representatives were attacked," added the Penang Chief Minister.
Police detained 23 people, including PJ Utara MP Tony Pua, Selangor Exco Ronnie Liu and Kampung Tunku state assemblyman Lau Weng San at the rally in PJ New Town and released all except one this morning at 7.30am.
Also detained were two members of the press and Father Paulino Miranda, parish priest of the Church of the Divine Mercy in Shah Alam.
Pua showed reporters in Parliament a shirt he had worn last night and claimed that all the buttons had been ripped out due to manhandling by the police.
"Even though I said I would cooperate and walk to the police truck when they arrested me, they still tore my shirt. Three other police personnel also attacked me, one kneed me in the belly and another aimed a kick at my shin," he said.
Pua also insisted that police had charged and dispersed the crowd while they were singing “Negaraku” to end proceedings for the night, a claim that Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar denied.
Lau lodged a police report at 4.29am while in police custody, claiming that he had been punched twice by a police officer.
Showing reporters the cuts on his cheek and lip, he called the "unruly and aggressive" police behaviour unnecessary.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang questioned the "massive deployment of police personnel to break up a peaceful gathering by excessive police force and violence" as it showed that it was being made a priority over "the mobilisation of police to keep crime low."
Earlier, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told reporters in the Parliament lobby that he was not aware of the details of the incident as he had not obtained a report.
"Police work is police work. They are responsible for maintaining law and order. This is routine police work," he said.
Syed Hamid added that if there was any unhappiness with the police, people could lodge reports.
潘俭伟刘永山现身说法被捕经历
Source MalaysiaKini
两名在昨晚的公选盟烛光晚会上被捕的民主行动党议员，今日在国会现身说法，转述昨晚遭警方粗野逮捕与殴打的过程，并强烈谴责警方使用不必要的过度暴力来对付和平民众与代议士。
在这场冲突中，八打灵再也北区国会议员潘俭伟的橘色衬衫被警员撕破；甘榜东姑州议员刘永山的右脸颊则两次被警员挥拳殴打，留下明显的伤痕，其嘴唇也受伤。
两人今早在行动党秘书长林冠英、国会领袖林吉祥与该党其他议员的陪同下，于国会走廊召开记者会。
雪总警长亲自下令捉潘俭伟
潘俭伟（右图）指出，当时他曾向警方表明自己是国会议员，但是警方却听而不闻，相反的却以粗暴手法逮捕他，更在逮捕过程不惜撕破衣服与殴打他。
他向记者转述，当时大约200名集会者聚集在八打灵再也市政局前的公园，眼看警方就要行动，集会召集者于是演词中清楚表明要提早解散，避免集会者遭逮捕。之后他们高唱国歌作为集会的尾声，但是当他们唱到“Rahmat Bahagia”时，警方就靠近人群。
潘俭伟表示，当镇暴队走入人群时，雪州行政议员刘天球趋前欲与负责警官谈判，要求多一些时间解散人群，而他也往前走以了解谈判的进展。
“就在我走去前面寻找刘天球时，我看到雪州总警长卡立，他向我大喊‘你为什么在这里？为什么你不解散’，我还来不及说任何话，他就表示‘抓起来’。”
称警员以膝盖撞腹部后踢脚
“于是两个人走来分别捉住我的双臂，开始把我推向约30尺外的警察卡车，我向他们喊说‘我会自己走，你们不需要粗暴’，就在我这么说时，他们推得更用力。”
“然后不知为何他们决定撕破我的衣服，一人一边拉扯我的衣服，把它撕破了，我不明白为何他们需要这么做，整晚我都啼笑皆非。”
虽然在警局内彻夜未眠，但这名年轻议员还有心情开玩笑，“纽扣全都掉了，如果你们昨晚有拍到我的照片，我看起来相当性感”。
“他们撕破衣服后，我告诉他们不需要粗暴，我自己会走。然后在我前面的三人向我冲过来，一人用膝盖撞向我的腹部，另一人尝试踢我的脚，不过没有踢中。接着我被抛进卡车后面，再被硬推进卡车，虽然我说你们不用推我，我可以自己爬上卡车。”
坚持警方未发出警告就捉人
潘俭伟驳斥雪州总警长卡立指警方是在多次发出警告后才捉人的说法，他坚称，聚集在市政局前公园的人群，完全没有听到警方在逮捕前发出任何警告。
这场原定在晚间9点开始的烛光会是在八打灵再也阿马广场（Amcorp Mall）对面的市政局体育场进行，断断续续进行了一个多小时，目的是要纪念去年11月10日在吉隆坡市区举办，吸引约4万人参与的公选盟万人选举改革大集会，并要求废除内安法令。
刘永山重复表明身份仍遭殃
另一方面，刘永山的经验更为骇人。当警方开始进入人群时，他走向一群站在警察卡车前的警员，表明他是该地区的州议员，要了解卡车上被捕者的情况。
“当时有5名警员，包括4名便衣警员与1名制服警员，其中一名便服警员向我大喊两声‘走开！’。我重复向他表明我是代议士，但是他不理睬我，要求我马上离开。我回应说我不是来惹事，并要求他礼貌地向一名代议士讲话。”
“他非常情绪化，失去耐性，然后就拉我上卡车。我被硬推，脸颊更被打了两次。我尝试表明若警察要逮捕我，我可以自己走，完全不用强迫我，不幸的是警察并不理解我的话，反而挥拳殴打我的脸颊两次，导致我的嘴唇也受伤。”
打人警员没戴证件拒给名字
他补充说，殴打他的便衣警员当时并没有佩戴任何证件，他与刘天球较后在警局再次遇到这名警员，并趋前要求知道其姓名，但是对方不理会就离开。
在冲突中弄丢眼镜与摩多头盔的刘永山较后被扣留在八打灵再也警区总部时，于凌晨4点半报警投诉警方使用暴力，“我保留起诉警方要求赔偿的权利”。潘俭伟也打算报警追究此事。
刘永山强调自己由始至终不曾挑衅警方，他形容警方的行动“野蛮与激烈”，“完全没有尊重最基本的人权以及遵从逮捕民众的程序”。
力挺当今记者履行职责没错
对于警方逮捕《当今大马》录影记者苏克里，潘俭伟透露当时他曾向有关警官说情，力挺苏克里只是履行职务，不应被警方逮捕，但是后者无动于衷。
“如果他也被捕，这不就意味着当晚所有采访的记者都犯罪了吗？”
值得一提的是，虽然今早7点才获释，但是潘俭伟并没有因此缺席国会，他在早上10点于国会问答环节向政府发出第一道问题。昨晚也是这名新晋议员参政以来首次被捕。
两名在昨晚的公选盟烛光晚会上被捕的民主行动党议员，今日在国会现身说法，转述昨晚遭警方粗野逮捕与殴打的过程，并强烈谴责警方使用不必要的过度暴力来对付和平民众与代议士。
在这场冲突中，八打灵再也北区国会议员潘俭伟的橘色衬衫被警员撕破；甘榜东姑州议员刘永山的右脸颊则两次被警员挥拳殴打，留下明显的伤痕，其嘴唇也受伤。
两人今早在行动党秘书长林冠英、国会领袖林吉祥与该党其他议员的陪同下，于国会走廊召开记者会。
雪总警长亲自下令捉潘俭伟
潘俭伟（右图）指出，当时他曾向警方表明自己是国会议员，但是警方却听而不闻，相反的却以粗暴手法逮捕他，更在逮捕过程不惜撕破衣服与殴打他。
他向记者转述，当时大约200名集会者聚集在八打灵再也市政局前的公园，眼看警方就要行动，集会召集者于是演词中清楚表明要提早解散，避免集会者遭逮捕。之后他们高唱国歌作为集会的尾声，但是当他们唱到“Rahmat Bahagia”时，警方就靠近人群。
潘俭伟表示，当镇暴队走入人群时，雪州行政议员刘天球趋前欲与负责警官谈判，要求多一些时间解散人群，而他也往前走以了解谈判的进展。
“就在我走去前面寻找刘天球时，我看到雪州总警长卡立，他向我大喊‘你为什么在这里？为什么你不解散’，我还来不及说任何话，他就表示‘抓起来’。”
称警员以膝盖撞腹部后踢脚
“于是两个人走来分别捉住我的双臂，开始把我推向约30尺外的警察卡车，我向他们喊说‘我会自己走，你们不需要粗暴’，就在我这么说时，他们推得更用力。”
“然后不知为何他们决定撕破我的衣服，一人一边拉扯我的衣服，把它撕破了，我不明白为何他们需要这么做，整晚我都啼笑皆非。”
虽然在警局内彻夜未眠，但这名年轻议员还有心情开玩笑，“纽扣全都掉了，如果你们昨晚有拍到我的照片，我看起来相当性感”。
“他们撕破衣服后，我告诉他们不需要粗暴，我自己会走。然后在我前面的三人向我冲过来，一人用膝盖撞向我的腹部，另一人尝试踢我的脚，不过没有踢中。接着我被抛进卡车后面，再被硬推进卡车，虽然我说你们不用推我，我可以自己爬上卡车。”
坚持警方未发出警告就捉人
潘俭伟驳斥雪州总警长卡立指警方是在多次发出警告后才捉人的说法，他坚称，聚集在市政局前公园的人群，完全没有听到警方在逮捕前发出任何警告。
这场原定在晚间9点开始的烛光会是在八打灵再也阿马广场（Amcorp Mall）对面的市政局体育场进行，断断续续进行了一个多小时，目的是要纪念去年11月10日在吉隆坡市区举办，吸引约4万人参与的公选盟万人选举改革大集会，并要求废除内安法令。
刘永山重复表明身份仍遭殃
另一方面，刘永山的经验更为骇人。当警方开始进入人群时，他走向一群站在警察卡车前的警员，表明他是该地区的州议员，要了解卡车上被捕者的情况。
“当时有5名警员，包括4名便衣警员与1名制服警员，其中一名便服警员向我大喊两声‘走开！’。我重复向他表明我是代议士，但是他不理睬我，要求我马上离开。我回应说我不是来惹事，并要求他礼貌地向一名代议士讲话。”
“他非常情绪化，失去耐性，然后就拉我上卡车。我被硬推，脸颊更被打了两次。我尝试表明若警察要逮捕我，我可以自己走，完全不用强迫我，不幸的是警察并不理解我的话，反而挥拳殴打我的脸颊两次，导致我的嘴唇也受伤。”
打人警员没戴证件拒给名字
他补充说，殴打他的便衣警员当时并没有佩戴任何证件，他与刘天球较后在警局再次遇到这名警员，并趋前要求知道其姓名，但是对方不理会就离开。
在冲突中弄丢眼镜与摩多头盔的刘永山较后被扣留在八打灵再也警区总部时，于凌晨4点半报警投诉警方使用暴力，“我保留起诉警方要求赔偿的权利”。潘俭伟也打算报警追究此事。
刘永山强调自己由始至终不曾挑衅警方，他形容警方的行动“野蛮与激烈”，“完全没有尊重最基本的人权以及遵从逮捕民众的程序”。
力挺当今记者履行职责没错
对于警方逮捕《当今大马》录影记者苏克里，潘俭伟透露当时他曾向有关警官说情，力挺苏克里只是履行职务，不应被警方逮捕，但是后者无动于衷。
“如果他也被捕，这不就意味着当晚所有采访的记者都犯罪了吗？”
值得一提的是，虽然今早7点才获释，但是潘俭伟并没有因此缺席国会，他在早上10点于国会问答环节向政府发出第一道问题。昨晚也是这名新晋议员参政以来首次被捕。
'We cannot trust PAS'
Source Malaysiakini
Letter by Arvin Kalam Pereira
PAS' track record since the March 8 election and its recent position with regards to the appointment of Low Siew Moi as acting CEO of PKNS has shown up the true racial character of the party.
Just after the election, based on some flimsy racial and religious arguments, PAS objected to the proposal by PKR and DAP to appoint a non-Malay as deputy menteri besar both in Perak and Selangor.
This was followed by PAS-led Kedah barring women from performing in public - an act that went against PAS' own election manifesto.
If one were to describe this breach of its election manifesto as a serious breach of ethics by PAS, it pales in significance to the top secret rendezvous PAS had with Umno in the wee hours after the March 8 election in what some analysts describe as an attempt by PAS to form a coalition with Umno in Perak and Selangor.
This can only be described as a stab in the back by PAS to its other coalition partners - an act more vile than the stabbing of Julius Caesar by Brutus and company. Now, to take the cake, PAS has publicly objected to the appointment of Low as acting CEO of PKNS - an objection based solely and only on the basis of her race - so said PAS Selangor after acknowledging that her capabilities were not in question.
These developments pose two fundamental questions to all Malaysians. The first question is can PAS be trusted in office after gaining power at the federal level in the next elections as part of Pakatan Rakyat? The second question is, is PAS a replica of Umno?
Now, the answer to the first question, can PAS be trusted, has to be a resounding ‘no’. The reasons are many fold. For one, how can you trust a party that says one thing during an election and does another thing after that?
In rally after rally, PAS said PAS Untuk Semua (PAS for everyone) meaning all Malaysians. Is Low not a Malaysian? How could you say you represent all and then say a Chinese cannot be an acting CEO - even for a year?
Blatant racialism from a party that says all humans have come from one source - Adam and Eve. All these statements after so many non-Malays had voted for PAS even in non-Malay constituencies like Kota Raja based on the promise to us that PAS is ‘for all Malaysians’.
Now to the second question, is PAS a replica of Umno? To answer this, one has to give a resounding ‘yes’. The reason? PAS believes in Ketuanan Melayu and so does Umno.
Umno is against Low’s appointment, PAS is against Low’s appointment too. Umno says ‘no’ to a non-Malay as deputy menteri besar, PAS says the same too. No one was in talks with Umno, not DAP, not PKR. Only PAS.
They are still in secret talks. Umno files trumped-up charges against Anwar and PAS was still in talks with Umno. Umno said that the Sept 16 takeover was a ‘mirage’, Terengganu PAS said the same. We can go on and on.
So where does this leave us, we Chinese, Indians and Malays who had voted for PAS on its promise that it has matured into a moderate and ethical multi-racial Islamic party. We need to send a loud and clear message on our dissatisfaction to PKR and to a lesser degree DAP as well as to all Malaysian voters
Message number one - do not place PAS candidates in large multi-racial constituencies like Kota Raja or else we will spoil our votes in the next election and BN will end up as the winners. Place PAS in areas that have 70 to 80% Malays and let them try their luck there.
PKR must contest all the multi-racial seats. We cannot trust PAS. After the election they may hold us to ransom and dictate that their support to the formation of a government will only be on the basis of an Islamic state with hudud laws - irrespective of what their election manifesto says.
They have proven to us that they cannot be trusted. This will indeed happen. If PKR and DAP refuse their demands, they may just team up with Umno and form the government - another betrayal.
Message number two - do not give PAS enough seats in the next elections for them to be able to become a ‘king-maker’ as Abdul Hadi Awang has indicated. If Pakatan members end up giving in then it is for the electorate to reject PAS in many areas so that they do not become a ‘king-maker’.
Finally, large sections of the Indian community are following PAS with the same blind allegiance that they showed to MIC and Samy Vellu in the past. They are in complete denial of what PAS is doing.
PAS is craftily exploiting this blind loyalty of the Indians and giving them peanuts by making them member of PAS Supporters Club. A failure to open the eyes of these Indians would result in the community being marginalised again and being left behind for another 50 more years - this time for supporting PAS
If PAS if ‘for all’ as they claim, why not allow Indians and Chinese as full members of the party like the Malays and Muslims? The proof of the pudding is in the eating - the proof of inclusiveness lies in Indians and Chinese being made full members of PAS and being able to stand for PAS party elections and being able to vote. Anything less is just a sham.
So the answer to the ultimate question, is PAS actually Umno with an Islamic tag? The answer is ‘yes’ but with the ‘but’ - but it is worse than Umno. Why? Because Umno does not camouflage itself, it says what it stands for.
PAS on the other hand says one things and does another thing. PAS is a political chameleon, nothing more nothing less. A party that is just like the lizard that changes its colour to suit its environment - just to survive.
Letter by Arvin Kalam Pereira
PAS' track record since the March 8 election and its recent position with regards to the appointment of Low Siew Moi as acting CEO of PKNS has shown up the true racial character of the party.
Just after the election, based on some flimsy racial and religious arguments, PAS objected to the proposal by PKR and DAP to appoint a non-Malay as deputy menteri besar both in Perak and Selangor.
This was followed by PAS-led Kedah barring women from performing in public - an act that went against PAS' own election manifesto.
If one were to describe this breach of its election manifesto as a serious breach of ethics by PAS, it pales in significance to the top secret rendezvous PAS had with Umno in the wee hours after the March 8 election in what some analysts describe as an attempt by PAS to form a coalition with Umno in Perak and Selangor.
This can only be described as a stab in the back by PAS to its other coalition partners - an act more vile than the stabbing of Julius Caesar by Brutus and company. Now, to take the cake, PAS has publicly objected to the appointment of Low as acting CEO of PKNS - an objection based solely and only on the basis of her race - so said PAS Selangor after acknowledging that her capabilities were not in question.
These developments pose two fundamental questions to all Malaysians. The first question is can PAS be trusted in office after gaining power at the federal level in the next elections as part of Pakatan Rakyat? The second question is, is PAS a replica of Umno?
Now, the answer to the first question, can PAS be trusted, has to be a resounding ‘no’. The reasons are many fold. For one, how can you trust a party that says one thing during an election and does another thing after that?
In rally after rally, PAS said PAS Untuk Semua (PAS for everyone) meaning all Malaysians. Is Low not a Malaysian? How could you say you represent all and then say a Chinese cannot be an acting CEO - even for a year?
Blatant racialism from a party that says all humans have come from one source - Adam and Eve. All these statements after so many non-Malays had voted for PAS even in non-Malay constituencies like Kota Raja based on the promise to us that PAS is ‘for all Malaysians’.
Now to the second question, is PAS a replica of Umno? To answer this, one has to give a resounding ‘yes’. The reason? PAS believes in Ketuanan Melayu and so does Umno.
Umno is against Low’s appointment, PAS is against Low’s appointment too. Umno says ‘no’ to a non-Malay as deputy menteri besar, PAS says the same too. No one was in talks with Umno, not DAP, not PKR. Only PAS.
They are still in secret talks. Umno files trumped-up charges against Anwar and PAS was still in talks with Umno. Umno said that the Sept 16 takeover was a ‘mirage’, Terengganu PAS said the same. We can go on and on.
So where does this leave us, we Chinese, Indians and Malays who had voted for PAS on its promise that it has matured into a moderate and ethical multi-racial Islamic party. We need to send a loud and clear message on our dissatisfaction to PKR and to a lesser degree DAP as well as to all Malaysian voters
Message number one - do not place PAS candidates in large multi-racial constituencies like Kota Raja or else we will spoil our votes in the next election and BN will end up as the winners. Place PAS in areas that have 70 to 80% Malays and let them try their luck there.
PKR must contest all the multi-racial seats. We cannot trust PAS. After the election they may hold us to ransom and dictate that their support to the formation of a government will only be on the basis of an Islamic state with hudud laws - irrespective of what their election manifesto says.
They have proven to us that they cannot be trusted. This will indeed happen. If PKR and DAP refuse their demands, they may just team up with Umno and form the government - another betrayal.
Message number two - do not give PAS enough seats in the next elections for them to be able to become a ‘king-maker’ as Abdul Hadi Awang has indicated. If Pakatan members end up giving in then it is for the electorate to reject PAS in many areas so that they do not become a ‘king-maker’.
Finally, large sections of the Indian community are following PAS with the same blind allegiance that they showed to MIC and Samy Vellu in the past. They are in complete denial of what PAS is doing.
PAS is craftily exploiting this blind loyalty of the Indians and giving them peanuts by making them member of PAS Supporters Club. A failure to open the eyes of these Indians would result in the community being marginalised again and being left behind for another 50 more years - this time for supporting PAS
If PAS if ‘for all’ as they claim, why not allow Indians and Chinese as full members of the party like the Malays and Muslims? The proof of the pudding is in the eating - the proof of inclusiveness lies in Indians and Chinese being made full members of PAS and being able to stand for PAS party elections and being able to vote. Anything less is just a sham.
So the answer to the ultimate question, is PAS actually Umno with an Islamic tag? The answer is ‘yes’ but with the ‘but’ - but it is worse than Umno. Why? Because Umno does not camouflage itself, it says what it stands for.
PAS on the other hand says one things and does another thing. PAS is a political chameleon, nothing more nothing less. A party that is just like the lizard that changes its colour to suit its environment - just to survive.
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