Many roads leading to KL city were set up with road blocks. And roads were closed too. Most of the crowd resorted to public transport. They walked by detours just by avoiding the police. Such a spirit in walking long distances has indeed conveyed a message to the Federal Authorities.
The crowd came to a figure of 20,000. The police prevented the people from moving forward. At 4.00 p.m they rounded up the people at Sogo Mall and Masjid Jamek LRT Station and firing tear gas and shooting chemical-laced water canons. Even when the people fleed into the nearby buildings, the canons were shot into the compounds. In fact, earlier there have been several rounds of firing the tear gas. By 6.00 p.m 438 people were arrested.
Najib the Prime Minister said the rally was unnecessary as the people could have given their opinions for a review of the Act. The problem is, people wanted an abolishment and not a review of the Act. No matter how you amend the Act, it is still an Act. It is likened to "changing the soup but not the medicine".
Locking up people without trial is against human rights. If the government thinks a particular person has committed a crime, why can't it proves itself right by bringing him or her to court?
Nazri, Minister in the PM's department, said that as long as BN is in power, ISA would not be abolished. Such a statement is not surprising as BN has been abusing its power all the while. I believed that a good government should always listen to the people.
今天8月1日是内安法令49周年。《废除内安法令运动》召集在吉隆坡市中心不同地点集会，以便步行至国家皇宫提呈一份备忘录给最高元首。
许多通往吉隆坡的路都有警察路障。许多路也被封锁了。许多人选择使用公共交通工具。他们绕道而行乃为了避开警察。如此行走长路途的精神真的是向联邦权势传达一个信息。
人群有2万。警方阻止了人群前进。在下午4时，警方包围Sogo广场和Jamek 回教堂高架轻快铁车站，并大肆发射摧泪弹和喷击加入了化学药的水炮。甚至人群逃入附近的建筑物，还把水炮喷击入里头。其实较早前已经发射几轮水炮了。至傍晚6时有438人被逮捕。
首相纳吉说集会根本是不需要的，人民大可提出意见以检讨法令。问题是，人民要的是法令的一个废除，而不是一个检讨。无论你怎样修改法令，它仍然是一个法令。它就好比换汤不换药。
没有提审一个人就把关起来乃违反人权。如果政府认为某人犯了罪的话，为何它不能藉着带他或她上法庭以证明它自己是对的？
首相暑部长纳兹里说只要国阵还执政，内安法令就不会被废除。这番话并并令人感到惊讶，因为一路来它滥用了它的权柄。我相信一个好的政府应该时常听人民。
Pictures from “Malaysian Insider”
照片从《马来西亚局内人》
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