Bersih 2.0: Its 50k, and a big success


In this last week of 2011, we will be re-publishing selected stories carried in FMT via this year. We find that these stories still sojourn applicable in a present context.
FLASHBACK 2011
EDITOR'S NOTE: Undoubtedly a Bersih rally upon July 9 was a single of a biggest stories for 2011. Reproduced here is a July 9 inform of a post-rally press conference from a organisers who were happy with their rally notwithstanding danger from a authorities.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih 2.0 has called a rally a "big success", though added that it is only a single some-more step in a prolonged travel towards free as well as fair elections.
Speaking during a press conference here, Bersih 2.0 steering cabinet part of Subramaniam Pillay pronounced a rally exceeded expectations.
"It's a large success though this (fighting for electoral reforms) is not a a single day event. It was sucessful over expectations," he said, adding that a design of raising awareness had been achieved.
Bersih 2.0 believes that a throng could have been as large as 50,000 though conceded that reporters would be able to judge a number better.
Bersih 2.0 also condemned a arrests of some-more than 600 people, together with that of a chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan as well as Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
'Ambiga says she's fine'
Steering cabinet part of Andrew Khoo pronounced he had perceived a content summary from Ambiga stating that she was fine.
"She pronounced that she was okay as well as that her phone battery was dying as well as that she wants to save it for imp! ortant m essages," he added. She is expected to be expelled later today.
Meanwhile, inhabitant laureate A Samad Ismail pronounced that another date would be fixed to hand over a chit to a King upon electoral reforms.
"We tried to conduct towards a house multiform times, though a military kept branch us divided as well as in jeopardy us with arrest," he said.
Samad also criticised a military for acting in a "cruel" manner. "I saw them incidentally firing rip gas during a crowd," he said.
One of a questions posed during a press conference was whether a rally had been multiracial, to that a steering cabinet replied that people of all races had participated.
Ambiga released
Ambiga was expelled by a military during about 6.45pm as well as rught away applauded Malaysians for their support for a rally.
She pronounced a protesters were bold notwithstanding supervision intimidation. She also pronounced a "amazing" show of numbers obviously signalled that Malaysians did not "want to be bullied" any longer.
"Rough danger does not work anymore," she said.
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