Shagadelica

Dispersal before 2,000 people could blow out the candles.

Tear gas.

Broken heads. Two inch gash on his skull. (photo from merdekareview.com)

Our Malaysian head of the Asian Students Association got one whack and broke his spectacles. One man limped off with his head bleeding.

They whacked a couple of reporters too.

18 arrested. So far we’ve heard they are Member of Parliament, Salahudin Ayub, Ronnie Liu (DAP) CheguBard, Zahir Hassan and wife, and Nora.

Zahir Hassan was pushed onto Jalan Ampang and repeated stomped on by cops.

(photo source: malaysiakini.com) Zahir asking the cops not to push him.

So they kicked him in the chest!

Bloody!

Update
List of arrestees:-
1. Salahuddin Ayub (male, member of Parliament PAS)
2. Zahir Hassan (male, deputy secretary general of People’s Justice Party)
3. Ronnie Liu (male, head of NGO LiaisonBureau, Democratic Action Party)
4. Zulkifli Nordin (male, lawyer)
5. Badrulhisham Shaharin aka CheguBard (male, deputy publicity secretary of youth wing of People’s Justice Party, PKR)
6. Mohd Razduan (male)
7. Fauzi Ibrahim (male)
8. Shamsul Hashim (male)
9. Abu Said (male)
10. Lokman Redzuan (male)
11. Azahari Kadir (male)
12. Md Nadir (male)
13. Yap Weng Keong (male)
14. Khairul Anwar (male)
15. Zainal Abidin Napi (male)
16. Rakhima Hamid (male)
17. Mohd Shafil (male)
18. Ahmad Shakir (male)
19. Norazimah (female)
20. Dr. Wardah Abdullah (female)

Report from Agence France Presse (AFP)

Malaysian police beat, arrest anti-government protestors
KUALA LUMPUR 28/05/2006 10:12

Malaysian police used batons and water cannons to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in the capital, arresting around a dozen activists and beating several.
Some 200 people, including opposition parties, non-government organisations and student groups gathered in front of Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Petronas Twin Towers in the latest of a series of rallies against steep fuel price rises.
Chanting “Protest!” and carrying banners saying “Cronies get rich while workers are oppressed”, they also slammed a decision last week to raise electricity tariffs, the first hike in nearly a decade.
Some 100 riot police wielding batons and rifles stood guard in front of the towers, alongside several water cannon trucks, as helicopters flew overhead.
“Everybody is suffering from the fuel hike. Now electricity prices are also up. These two hikes will hit us hard, whether our pay is large or small,” Hatta Ramli from the opposition Pan-Malaysia Islamic (PAS) party told the crowd.
“This price increase must be dropped, otherwise we will suffer even more,” said Democratic Action Party (DAP) leader Ronnie Liu.
Police warned the crowds to disperse but ugly scenes erupted when the demonstrators were slow to act.
They used a water cannon on the demonstrators, and proceeded to push and beat up stragglers as shocked shoppers and tourists looked on. Several protestors were seen being kicked by police before being arrested.
Liu, PAS youth chief Salahuddin Ayub, and 16 other activists were arrested, said the opposition newspaper Harakah. Police were not immediately available to confirm the figures.
The government has said that fuel subsidies will eventually be scrapped to channel funds towards building schools and rural infrastructure.
Fuel prices in Malaysia are cheap compared to neighbouring nations, but due to the lack of public transportation, people remain dependent on their vehicles.(end)

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