Even war correspondent 'intimidated' by violence



For this 10th Middle Malaysia podcast, upon World Press Freedom Day, media consultant Oon Yeoh speaks to online columnist and video publisher Zan Azlee about his knowledge in covering Bersih 3.0.

NONEZan says which in all his travels and all a assignments he has been on, he had never felt as intimidated as he was at Bersih 3.0 in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday.

And this is entrance from a freelance publisher who has been to Afghanistan (right), Lebanon and South Thailand to shoot documentaries.

Zan figured something was astray by early evening when he noticed which most military officers had taken off their name tags. And then he saw gangs of them violence up protestors.

He talks about how journalists got assaulted for shooting pictures and videos of military brutality. He himself was manhandled, hauled in and briefly detained by a police.

Like 'kucing cari tikus'

After he was released, as he upon foot towards his car, Zan noticed a number of people lying comatose upon a travel as ambulances ca! me to pi ck them up a single by one.

NONEAs he reached his car, a garland of men approached him and asked to be interviewed. They longed for to speak about a savagery they had witnessed. One male told him which a situation was like "kucing cari tikus".

In reflecting upon what he had witnessed and experienced, Zan says he feels a mixture of anger and sadness. Angry since of how journalists were treated with colour and unhappy at how protestors were viciously beaten by gangs of rogue policemen.

But not a single to be cowed, he says he hopes Be! rsih 4.0 happens earlier rather than later.

Listen to Zan in this12-minute podcast
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