A blind man's story of tear gas and water cannon spray ...


As a blind as great as responsible citizen of Malaysia, you did what you had to do as great as which was to participate in a Bersih 3.0 pacific demo upon a afternoon of Apr 28, 2012.

Both me as great as my alternative half took a LRT train from Sri Petaling to Masjid Jamek as great as arrived there usually after 2pm. By a time you arrived during a above-mentioned station, a outrageous throng had already congregated there to show their support.


The ambience was in law illusory as a participants were similar to a singular happy family as great as a regard for a singular an additional was in law marvellous as you all assimilated a pacific demo with a singular thing in thoughts as great as which was to assistance bring about purify as great as fair elections.


After marching for about half an hour, you eventually arrived during Dataran Merdeka where there was a outrageous military presence as great as they were about to unleash their cruel acts upon a pacific participants of this rally.


As a crowds were chanting to have a barricades private from Dataran Merdeka, suddenly, though notice or any provocation, a trigger happy military personnel released volleys of rip gas as great as containing alkali laced H2O upon a pacific demonstrators as great as needless to say you had to suffer several minutes of anguish to a border which you roughly upheld out during a singular stage.


Thanks to a kind comrades who were around me, both me as great as my wife were since towels as great as salt to assistance us in neutralising a antacid effects of a unwholesome smoke of a rip gas as great as containing alkali laced water.


I contingency take this golden event to thank a above referred to comr! ades who came to my assistance during my hour of need.


As you were utterly nearby to a barricades, my group gimlet a full brunt of a rip gas to illustrate creation it unequivocally formidable for us to breathe as great as someway you felt a distressing suffering in my stomach which roughly caused me to pass out during a singular stage.


Thanks to a kind regard of a comrades around me you am means to survive to share my experiences.


The high ha! nded man ner in which a military liberated their duties is many reprehensible as great as contingency be cursed in a strongest terms.


Following a ordeal, you tried to seek shelter during a Masjid Jamek LRT hire though unfortunately, a gates had already been shut.


Having failed in a try to seek retreat to escape a rip gas fumes, you motionless to run to an additional office office office office office building inside of a same vicinity as great as whilst creation a approach there, you were pleasantly assisted by a little medics who were standing by, who gave us eyedrops as great as advice us as to how you should action in combating a fumes.


I contingency take my shawl off to these dauntless individuals for their bravery as great as self sacrifice.


I contingency additionally not dont think about to thank a comrades around me for their kind munificence in distributing soppy towels, salt as great as even isotonic drinks to those who needed them.


I am in law overwhelmed by their noble acts.


We eventually done a approach to a office office office office office building called Wisma Hamzah Kwong Hing where my comrades requested a guard to open a doors for us to seek retreat to which he flatly refused.


Several of us together with yours truly were in utterly a bad state as great as in spite of a pleas from my comrades to let us in, this inhumane guard refused to nudge as great as stranded to his decision not to allow us to gain entrance in t! o a buil ding.


Unfortunately, due to my predicament, you was incompetent to have friends with my unequivocally kind comrades, though eventually when you had recovered amply from my ordeal, you managed to verbalise to one, starting by a name of Asma, who told me which she is a constructional engineer by profession.


During a conversation, she told me she has zero though contempt for this unequivocally tyrannical regime.


She was angered by a cruel actions of a military upon a pacific demonstrators, as great as usually to greatfully their political masters, a military had to action violently towards all a right meditative adults who participated in this rally.


For t! he benif it of a readers of this article, you was interviewed by a contributor from a singular of a Chinese press where you was since a event to show my denial for this unequivocally uncaring as great as compulsory regime.


Even a young contributor shared my sentiments as great as felt which you should do some-more to effect change.


When you told a contributor which if a blind chairman is aware of a actuality which you have been ruled by a corrupt as great as extremist government, then all a more, means bodied adults should take a pro-active position to vote out this unequivocally irresponsible as great as without a crony regime.


At this juncture, you instruct to take this golden event in profitable tribute to all a selfless individuals, who opposite all odds, both sacrificed their time as great as took a trouble to attend this unequivocally suggestive rally.


So my dear friends, greatfully do your duty by giving your votes to Pakatan Rakyat during a forthcoming ubiquitous choosing with a goal which all adults will be treated with colour similarly regardless of race or religion.


Finally, you instruct to surprise all readers which you have dual videoclips to at a back of up my essay as great as you can see them upon my
Faceb! ookpage or myblog.

You can additionally watch these dual videoclips upon my
YouTubechannel (alfredho1111).

I additionally instruct to surprise all readers which you additionally participated in a initial Bersih convene in 2007.- Alfred Ho. -malaysiakini




Not an additional quiescent Saturday...

My initial convene was upon June 4, 2010. you was partial of a thousands of Malaysians who rallied outward a US embassy in Kuala Lumpur to protest opposite Israel's conflict upon an aid flotilla streamer for Gaza. you figured which was a slightest which you could do for a Palestinians.

My second was Bersih 2.0 upon July 9, 2011. you was in Melbourne during a time, so you took a event to stick upon a throng in Federation Square. It was a pacific gathering. No tear-gassing, no spiny wired, no provocations, no fear. It was zero similar to what you gifted final Saturday during Bersih 3.0.

Last Saturday done me recall a renouned Malay proverb, which says "hujan emas di negeri orang, hutan batu di negeri sendiri, baik lagi negeri sendiri". Basically it means, nonetheless a weed may appear greener in alternative countries, a nation is regularly better. This, however, does not appear to be a case, judging by what happened during a pacific public final Saturday.

I woke up upon Saturday sunrise with a realization as great as unrestrained which there were dual important occasions upon which day. Number one, it was my dear mother's birthday as great as two, it was Bersih 3.0. you motionless to follow my hermit to get a genuine experience, to be a partial of a crowd.

At around 9.30am, my hermit was alrea! dy durin g a front doorway with my cousin preparing to leave. "I can't wait for you. The LRT is starting to be sealed anytime. You improved arrange something with Dad." you felt a bit down as which was my usually chance to be with a throng since my father had told me earlier which he would usually observe from a car. Hoping which he would shift his mind, you put upon my yellow Bersih T-shirt usually to get in a spirit as great as followed him.


We arrived during a PAS office office office office office building during around 11.10am as great as there were already so many people in yellow, entertainment around a building. After many consideration, my father motionless to! march a longside his colleagues.

At 11.45pm, you walked from Jalan Raja Laut streamer to Dataran Merdeka. The series of people who assimilated us whilst upon feet together dumbfounded me. The throng was massive as great as it grew bigger as great as bigger as you upheld a streets.

The joyful throng of opposite ages, assorted races, were all chanting "Bersih, Bersih", "Hidup Rakyat" as great as singing peacefully whilst exchanging friendly greetings. It was a rarely energetic sea of people in a lively carnival-like atmosphere, collected for a great cause. you was unequivocally unequivocally unapproachable to be partial of it.

We were during Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman when a throng was asked to stop walking. "Berhenti, Berhenti!!!" From where you was standing you could see zero though countless heads which were all taller than me.

I sneaked serve upfront to get a improved view of what was starting on. There were a series of human barricades done by a military forces which stood straight up in their uniforms with critical faces. We were all asked to lay as great as be studious whilst a lawyers as great as leaders did their best perplexing to negotiate with a military to let us pass through.

It was 12.20am as great as a object was blazing hot as you stared in indebtedness during a lawyers who were al! l matche d up. How could they mount a feverishness with their blazers on? you theory it's loyal when they say "It pays to demeanour good".

I kept a suspicion to myself. After awhile, you were authorised to pass through.


'Non-Muslims stood by as you prayed'

We a single after an additional marching together until you were couple of metres divided from Dataran Merdeka. A couple of leaders gave their speeches regulating loudhailers whilst a throng cheered as great as applauded. Many times you were asked to lay as great as mount again. Sit as great as stand.

I heard a man who was probably sleepy of being asked to lay as great as mount during pointless intervals (in Terengganu dialect) "Kejak duduk kejak bangungg, susohh ngakk dudukk jelahhh!!"(One time you ask us to lay as great as a singular time you ask us to stand. It's difficult. Just let us lay down i.e there is no need to mount up). Everyone who understood let out a large laugh.

More than twice, a FRU Trucks as great as military automobile came out of nowhere. Obliged to have approach for them, a busting throng grew desirous as great as started cursing out loud. Some even threw dull bottles though a leaders played a great purpose determining as great as calming a throng saying which it is a form of irritation as great as you should not give in. We were reminded to stay divided from any provocations.


[Pic during left courtesyMalay Mail]

At 1.20pm an announcement was done which now it is time for Zuhr prayers. A group of group before me performed a ablution regulating usually vegetable water. The non-Muslims were unequivocally respectful as great as done a little space for a Muslims to pray.

When a prayers were completed as great as a invocation was review out loud, everyone kept silent. It felt usually right. To me even a simplest things ! similar to this could move us low inside.

After a little time, you tried acid for my father though he was nowhere to be seen as great as to add insult to injury, my phone was out of battery. Tired, you sat together with a throng whilst my eyes wander off acid for informed faces.


Suddenly, you saw a long-lost primary propagandize crony perplexing to have her approach by a crowd. you screamed out her name as great as you embraced any other. Who would! 've kn own, in a overflow of hundreds of thousands, you could have bumped in to an aged friend. Funny how pointless which was though you was unequivocally glad.

We done a approach upheld a throng to be during a front. We could obviously see Dataran Merdeka rhythmical by armed policemen; there was barbwire, razor wire, FRU trucks. you felt similar to a prisoner in my own country. Finally, after muscle action by a throng aimlessly, you found my father, pronounced goodbye to my aged crony as great as celebrated a throng grow louder as Anwar Ibrahim arrived. We were all waiting for Anwar's debate when out of a blue, there was a turmoil as great as you could hear people screaming "Lari, Lari!!" (Run, run!!) with panic-stricken faces.

In a matter of seconds, smoke came out from a center of Dataran Merdeka, canisters of rip gas were shot as great as during a same time, H2O cannons were sprayed directly towards a innocent crowd.

I was confused to since a military didn't issue a notice before firing a shots. you stood still staring during a pell-mell crowd, to safeguard what I'm seeing before my eyes was real. Realisation strike me when my father grabbed me by a hand as great as you ran as quick as you could together with a crowd. With all a might, you jumped over fences as great as you felt unequivocally bad stepping upon a flowering plants planted beautifully alongside a curb though you had no alternative option. My teary eyes as great as throat were hurting. Pounding fast, it felt similar to someone ripped my heart out, as g! reat as for a second, you suspicion you would die due to breathing difficulties. The proxy suffering was unbearable.


The 'real' experience

While running, my father coolly steady "It's okay, it's okay" whilst patting my head. Having my father by my side, you felt safe. you took a demeanour around as great as saw people still using with their bloodshot eyes as great as sleepy faces, similar to a scene in a movie.

Except which this, was real. In a surrounded by of a chaos you could obviously recall how a throng was assisting any alternative out. Some offering salt, a little offering vegetable H2O as great as a little offering words of comfort. It was truly a united feeling as great as concerted bid done for Bersih 3.0.

We headed towards a PAS building, joining a series of people who were already collected there. The leaders remarked which this was not a end of their fight.

Despite being tear-gassed, notwithstanding a savagery as great as forces used opposite them, a people, who were additionally representing a voice of many more, have won a conflict usually by entrance down to await Bersih. My caring friends as great as kin were all tweeting/texting as great as calling me. "Be safe, take care".

I bet many others got which from their friends as great as families as well.

I was having late lunch with my father, aunt as great as uncle during a restaurant nearby when my hermit as great as cousin assimilated use. They told us which they were upon a alternative side of Dataran Merdeka when a rip gas as great as H2O cannons were fired.


They couldn't run as they were stranded in a center of a crowd. They ended up hugging any alternative since there was zero else they could do as great as they could hardly see their vicinity due to a thick smoke ensuing from a ongoi! ng rip g as as great as H2O cannons fired.

Alas, they managed to squeeze out of a throng as great as found a tiny 'lorong' as great as ran as quick as they could. While running, they stumbled upon a bottle of Mirinda Orange as great as out of desperation they took a bottle as great as cleared their faces with it to ease a burning pain. you fel! t sorry for them though during a same time, which was a genuine knowledge as great as you laughed!!

The rest of a time was spent sharing everyone's experience. That got me meditative about a people who were in a far worse situation, really bad injured. you urge to God to ease their pain, to have things simpler for them. While sharing a experiences, my hermit unexpected pronounced which something fishy had happened. Strange enough, a military did not glow a rip gas during a people who crashed a block to get inside Dataran, instead they focused upon a people who were outward of which area.


It is probably loyal when people pronounced which a provocations came from a plain-clothes policemen themselves who pretended to be protesters.

The satisfaction

The next morning, you grabbed a couple of newspapers. Front pages of a leading writings had cinema of an overturned military car, ugly cinema of shop-worn skill as great as harm done to a military were shown. Violent protesters were great portrayed. They might have fooled a little readers who were not during a scene, though for some-more than 200,000 people who collected as great as marched upon a chronological day, you know what unequivocally happened. The people will continue to rise as great as a law will prevail.

However, let us not dont think about a people who strongly opposed Bersih. you try to respect their views. But people who has no basis as great as whined about how stupid Bersih was, for causing massive traffic jam as great as "Like oh my God you can't go selling or watch a movie, KLCC, SOGO, etc. The train stations have b! een seal ed since of Bersih" additionally "Buat apa nak sibuk demo? Awak tu student. Duduk diam-diam investigate lah" (Why stick upon a demo? You're a student. Just lay quietly as great as study) angry me to a core. Try revelation which to a sea of people who came down. At slightest they believe in something.

Last Saturday could have been an additional quiescent day though these people chose to have a difference. They offering in their energy, time, as great as income as great as even went to a border of risking their own reserve to march in together for a great cause, free as great as fair election.

Each as great as each singular essence who came down was dauntless in their own way. This is a singular of a many noted practice you have ever had as great as I'm blissful which you was selected to be partial of Bersih 3.0.-Sharifah A,Harakahdaily.





Aziz says military an 'ignorant as great as confused' lot...

Former law lecturer Dr Abdul Aziz Bari has recounted his knowledge of being arrested upon Apr twenty-eight during a massive Bersih 3.0 convene for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur.

Aziz, believed to be between a initial groups of protesters arrested upon which day, pronounced policemen had indulged in an orgy of name-calling as great as personal insults directed during protesters as great as Pakatan Rakyat leaders.


"Yellow shirt! Arrest!" he recalled screams from City Hall enforcement officers as great as policemen during a time of his arrest nearby a OCBC Bank.

"Don't you know you're old! You're old, so usually stay home," Aziz! (far lef t in pic)recalled a law enforcemetn officer derisive him.

In an additional instance, a law enforcemetn officer shouted: "Here have been Anwar Ibrahim's dogs!".

Aziz pronounced as he was physically being dragged, a military nabbed a media photographer for perplexing to take a snapshot.

"One tyro of photography complained which his camera costing thousands of ringgit was destroyed by a policeman," pronounced Aziz, who likened military attitude upon which day to a "thuggery" displayed by UMNO appendage Perkasa.

Aziz, whose comparison academic position during a law expertise of a International Islamic University was consummated final year, pronounced a little of a lower-ranked policemen were mute when he demanded to know which law was being invoked for his arrest.

At a singular point, he told a law enforcemetn officer to rush healing treatment to a bleeding detainee, as great as warned which he would be hold responsible for any custodial death.

"He (the policeman) incited dark as great as speechless. This usually goes upon to show which a military force is ignorant as great as confused as great as fright a UMNO-BN government. They show! their c ourage usually in groups. Perhaps they do not have entrance to a Internet as great as usually take orders from their bosses," pronounced Aziz.


Assaults as great as taunts aplenty

He pronounced even during a military station, officers would sneer at as great as physically harass detainees who were already weak as great as tired by their ordeal.

"Some would punch, kick as great as slap a detainees as they have been led away."


Citing a singular incident, Aziz pronounced a PAS Unit Amal member was seen dragged at a back of a military truck, before loud noises were heard. Shortly after, a Unit Amal member was dragged away, visibly many weaker,! "possib ly beaten to a pulp", combined Aziz.

On a lighter note, Aziz pronounced a little of a conceited military officers unexpected incited polite to him after hearing alternative detainees residence him as 'professor'.


'No moral values'

Aziz combined which a impassioned fright of military officers of their bosses was once again illustrated when Bakri Zinin, a Bukit Aman CID director, arrived during a military hire "greeted by a officers' salutations as great as feet stomping".

"My notice of a military generally after Bersih 3.0 is which they have been ignorant, confused as great as under pressure. They additionally lack moral values," Aziz concluded.

But Aziz pronounced he was slightest surprised.

"When even judges as great as officials of a Election Commission who have been stable by a constitution have been aroused of UMNO-BN, what can a singular design from these policemen?"-
Aziz Bari,harakahdaily



Zakaria - "Saya ditumbuk di pipi kiri dan dibelasah oleh sekempulan 10 orang polis"...



KEMAMAN-(GAMBAR - Zakaria Mohd Razaki (dua dari kiri) selepas membuat laporan polis di IPD Kemaman, turut hadir Yang DiPertua PAS Kemaman, Hj Ismail Harun (tiga dari kanan), Setiausaha PAS Kemaman, Ustaz Alias Abdul Hamid (paling kiri) dan Penolong Setiausaha PAS Kemaman, Mohd Hafiz Adam (paling kanan)).

Peristiwa dibelasah oleh sekumpulan polis sedikitpun tidak mematahkan semangat Zakaria Mohd Razaki untuk turun berdemonstrasi menuntut keadilan dan ketelusan dalam pilihanraya jika diarahkan oleh pimpinan parti, khususnya BERSIH 4.0 sekiranya diadakan.

Malah, peristiwa hitam yang penuh trag! is itu m enguatkan keazamannya untuk memastikan sistem pemerintahan yang ada sekarang ini ditumbangkan melalui pilihanraya umum yang akan diadakan tidak lama lagi.

Demikianlah antara ungkapan yang diucapkan oleh Orang Kena Tahan (OKT) Zakaria Mohd Razaki, 25 tahun, seorang Tukang Rumah ketika ditemui.

Menceritakan detik - detik beliau ditumbuk, dipukul, disepak, diterajang dan dibelasah oleh sekumpulan polis ketika menyertai BERSIH 3.0 di Dataran Merdeka, beliau mengimbas kembali, 'waktu itu sekitar pukul 6.20 petang saya bersama 3 orang rakan menaiki tangga LRT di Masjid Jame' untuk pulang, katanya.

'Sebelum menaiki tangga LRT saya nampak sekumpulan anggota polis berdiri tetapi tidak mengendahkannya, sampai di tingkat 2, tiba - tiba seorang angota polis menarik bajunya dari belakang dan ketika itu saya agak terkebelakang berbanding dengan 3 orang kawan saya itu', jelasnya.

'Polis itu bertanya hendak kemana, beliau menjawap hendak ke LRT tiba - tiba sebiji tumbukan singgah di pipi kanan saya dan polis itu menarik baju saya menuruni tangga', katanya.

Beliau seterusnya berkata, 'saya diheret ke tempat sekumpulan anggota polis yang saya nampak tadi dianggarkan 10 orang dan di situlah saya! dibelas ah bertubi - tubi hingga jatuh dan rebah di atas jalan', ulasnya.

'Bila saya rebah, sepakan dan tendang terajang bertubi - tubi singgah di seluruh anggota badan saya dan dilakukan oleh bukan seorang tetapi beramai - ramai macam pesta belasahan beramai ramai', imbasnya lagi.

Dikala itu beliau ada mendengar suara rayuan dari seorang wanita yang melihat kejadian tersebut supaya polis menghentikan pesta belasahan tersebut tetapi tidak diendahkan.

'Selepas dibelasah di situ, saya diseret ke trak polis dianggarkan 100 meter dari tempat kejadian tadi dan bila sampai sahaja di tepi trak polis saya sekali lagi dibelasah beramai - ramai disitu', ujarnya.

Beliau yang datang menyertai BERSIH 3.0 bersama 3 orang lagi rakannya menganggap peristiwa tersebut sama s! eperti y ang dilihatnya di dalam TV berlaku di Semenanjung Gaza di Palestin.

Beliau di bawa ke PULAPOL sekitar jam 8.30 malam dan disana diperiksa oleh seorang doktor yang hanya bertanya samada beliau ada rasa tulang patah atau tidak dan tidak diberi ubat untuk merawat kecederaannya.

'Saya terasa sakit yang teramat kesan dari peristiwa tadi tapi amat terkilan kerana tiada sebarang ubat diberikan', soalnya lagi.


Dalam trak polis dianggarkan seramai eighteen orang OKT bersamanya dan beliau terasa amat bangga setelah melihat kebanyakkannya terdiri orang muda dari pelbagai bangsa termasuk seorang Warga Asing yang turut ditangkap.


'Pada masa itu mata saya lebam, kepala ada benjolan dan tulang belikat saya terseliuh akibat dipulas tangan ke belakang oleh polis tetapi tiada sebarang ubat diberikan oleh doktor tersebut kerana beliau berpuas hati setelah mendapati saya tidak mengalami sebarang kepatahan pada tulang', katanya dengan penuh kesal dan hiba.

Di PULAPOL makanan yang disediakan tidak mencukupi dan saya tidak dapat makan dan minum kerana kehabisan makanan.


'Setelah diambil keterangan, saya diarahkan berbaris untuk sessi ambil gambar yang memakan masa yang amat lama memandangkan! ramai O KT berbaris panjang', imbasnya lagi.

Setelah semuanya selesai, beliau dihantar menaiki bas ke Hentian Jalan Duta sekitar jam 4.00 pagi walaupun ramai kawan - kawannya menunggu di luar PULAPOL untuk menjemputnya pulang.

OKT Zakaria menganggap peristiwa pembelasahan yang berlaku pada dirinya sebagai ujian dalam perjuangan menentang pemerintahan yang zalim dan tidak sekali - kali serik untuk terus berjuang menentang sebarang bentuk kezaliman pemerintah.

Sementara itu, bapanya, Haji Mohd Razaki Kassim, 56 tahun tidak sedikit joke rasa sedih setelah mengetahui anaknya dibelasah dan ditahan polis semasa menyertai BERSIH 3.0.

'Sebagai bapa, saya berbangga kerana anak saya tahu erti perjuangan menentang kezaliman dan peristiwa dipukul dan ditera! jang ini adalah asam dan garam dalam perjuangan menentang ketidakadilan dan kezaliman', ulasnya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Kampung Batu Putih, Kerteh semalam.

Beliau juga melahirkan rasa kesalnya kerana anak beliau dipukul dan disepak dalam perjalanan pulang dan mempertikaikan apakah tugas polis sebenarnya, adakah untuk menjaga keselamatan rakyat atau melakukan kekerasan dan penindasan kepada rakyat, yang mana satu sebenarnya.

'Bagi Pak Cik orang kampung ingin bertanya inikah bentuk demokrasi yang dihasilkan melalui module transformasi Najib, saya amat malu jika inilah tranformasi yang dilaungkan pagi petang siang malam di dalam radio dan tv' katanya lagi.

Mengakhiri sessi pertemuan tersebut, OKT Zakaria berkata polis ada bertanya kepadanya berkenaan seorang anggota polis yang dilaporkan dimasukkan ke Intensif Care Unit (ICU) dan selepas dia menjawap tidak tahu menahu, semacam ada perasaan ingin membalas dendam maka saya menjadi mangsa belasahan beramai - ramai tersebut', ujarnya mengakhiri pertemuan tersebut -Buletin Online


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