Edmund Bon and four others to be charged tomorrow

This is the best Human Rights Day Celebration

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:52:01 +0100

Please do not be unduly worried with the welfare of our Edmund Bon and Amer Hamzah in there. I was at IPK to support the 2 of them. I am happy with their spirits. I think the police are probably regretting their actions in arresting Edmund Bon by now. And I think we have a good case against the police for manhandling him. I was at the Bar Council from morning where the Police tried to intimidate all the participants. I asked them what they were doing, and they said that they were instructed to "buat peninjauan" so I politely told them to "buat peninjauan" from across the road and not smack themselves in the midst of our event. They were about to move their patrol car when another patrol policeman told them not to move. So they were parked right in the middle of our Festivities. They were, as my daughter said, "the events entertainment squad". We did nothing wrong and we broke no laws yesterday. Instead it was the DBKL enforcement that looked stupid and idiotic. With PDRM helicopter hovering above us, and policemen and DBKL people outnumbering the participants, it looked mighty mighty silly to me. Can you imagine how much they would rather join OUR event than to go assist the Flood victims or go catch thieves somwhere? I even heard the Chinese police fella (not being racist) telling Edmund that he needed an entertainment license because we brought down our television set to telecast the proceedings live from the Bar Auditorium. I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, sisters and brothers at law, to me, it was the best HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL OF RIGHTS I ever attended. Nik Elin Nik Abdul Rashid - Nik Elin Nik Abd Rashid

A Time to Pray

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:48:59 +0100

It is indeed sad that the authorities should have acted in such a drastic manner towards our members. I sympathize with all those who stood on behalf of our beloved Malaysians but were arrested. Peace maintained through the suppression of RIGHTS is not real peace. Real peace ought to be the result of real rights enjoyed by one and ALL Malaysians so as to allow for our natural and real enjoyment or the realities that surround us, without any unnecessary creation of any suspicion or mistrust among us. This is indeed a time for prayers - praying so that God may govern and put under control the drastic intentions and desires of self authorised men/women within His Realm. Tan Peek Guat - Tan Peek Guat

Is Malaysia merely proclaimed democratic?

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:30:14 +0100

It could seem to others that the entirety of the whole scenario here is the expression of minority views. What is our country if we were just expected to indulge in the "majority views"? I wonder how our country can stand in the eyes of the world and proudly present "us" as a democratic practitioner. Eric Leong Kai Meng - Eric Leong Kai Meng

We should persist to negotiate

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:17:13 +0100

Dear Members, I am truly distressed by this news and still hope that that someone would talk to the authorities with the hope of release. I am sure if we persist in our attempts to negotiate with the authorities the deadlock may be broken. Its still not to late. I wish I could have been there by sadly am overseas. My best wishes to all my fellow comrades but please be calm and be rational at all times. May the Almighty be with us and may Justice prevail. Regards, Dato' Krishna Kumar - Dato' Krishna Kumar

In Solidarity

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:10:36 +0100

Perak Bar is behind the Bar Council's stand in solidarity. I as Chairperson of the IT & Conveyancing Sub-Committee has taken the liberty to post this message, which I believe my colleagues in the Perak Bar Committee will approve my posting unless otherwise stated. In solidarity. Yee Seu Kai Chairperson of IT & Conveyancing Sub-Committee Perak Bar - Yee Seu Kai

Malaysia and Pakistan, spot the difference!

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:01:46 +0100

I'm seeing more and more similarities here. Some day in the near future, lawyers will rise up to the challenge and say, "Enough is enough". This day could very well be tomorrow, 10.12.2007. Raymond Yap Soon Hock - Raymond Yap Soon Hock