Salut buat Pak Samad Said

Sila baca tulisan Rahmat Haron untuk konteks cerita sebenar.

Besok, 9.00 pagi aku terpaksa ke Mahkamah Majistret Jalan Duta untuk kes ‘Peoples’ Walk For Justice‘.

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Petang tadi, aku ke Pusat Tahanan Reman di Penjara Pudu (tempat aku ditahan 1 malam pada 9 Disember 2007) sebagai tanda solidariti kepada kawan-kawan yang ditahan dalam demonstrasi ‘Protes’ 26 Januari 2008. Termasuk malam ini, mereka yang ditahan terpaksa bermalam untuk malam yang kedua di penjara lama itu. Besok pagi mereka juga dijangka akan dihadapkan di mahkamah Majistret Jalan Duta.

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Antara mereka yang ditahan adalah Amin Iskandar (penulis kolum di Malaysiakini), Zafa (pemberita Malaysiakini), Arul, Tian Chua, Jonson Chong (peguam), Mohammad Sabu, Dr Nasir, Dr Hatta Ramli, Ginnie Lim, Dr Dzulkifli dan ramai lagi (47 orang yang belum dibebaskan, 11 orang sudah dibebaskan).

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Untuk menenangkan perasaan, mari kita tonton video kreatif kawan kita ini.

I read about this survey at Rockybru, here.

Curious to know what are the result would be, its took me less than a minute to complete 5 questions. Easy question, at all.

Beyond my expectation, the result is shocking me.

See yourself…

1). Should freedom of expression through demonstrations be allowed in a democratic country like Malaysia?

2). Do you think the Internal Security Act (ISA) should be used by the Government on street demonstrators?

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	Answer	Responses	Percent
	No, since the Government can pursue othe…uch as through the courts to charge them	849	59.5%
	Yes, since they are a threat to national security	499	35.0%
	I don’t know	79	5.5%

3). What do you think best explain the following scenario?

Below are the photos of three different demonstrations. The first two [1st, 2nd] demonstrations are deemed illegal and considered a threat to national security by the authorities whereas the third one is viewed in a different light altogether. Why?

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	Answer	Responses	Percent
	The first two demonstrations were inspir…ird was associated with the ruling party	759	55.9%
	Two of those demonstrations were about d…as the third was about foreign elements	240	17.7%
	I don’t know	182	13.4%
	The first two demonstrations were disrup…e but the third was peaceful and orderly	127	9.4%
	The first two demonstrations had the par…rd was against terrorists’ participation	49	3.6%

4). What is your view on the following statement?

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	Answer	Responses	Percent
	I agree with Suhakam.	905	67.6%
	I disagree with Suhakam.	267	20.0%
	I don’t know.	166	12.4%

5). What the do you think is the best way for the Government to deter more demonstrations from taking place?

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	Answer	Responses	Percent
	Listen to the grouses and formulate effective solutions to win them over	1067	80.2%
	Use the Internal Security Act (ISA) to arrest all demonstrators	113	8.5%
	Arrest and charge all demonstrators in court	66	5.0%
	I don’t know	50	3.8%
	Impose martial law	35	2.6%

Please read Storm brewing in Promuda by JOCELINE TAN at Malaysia Today
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“Paklah lena diulit bantal-bantalnya, biarkan… biarkan!” adalah versi moden yang sama maksud dan sepadan dengan kata pepatah lama, “Si Luncai terjun dengan labu-labunya, biarkan…biarkan!”

Untuk cerita penuh dan gambar bantal, sila baca PM yang mengantuk disorongkan bantal… oleh Amin Iskandar a.k.a Black (tahniah atas usaha yang bagus ini, maaf tak dapat bersama kerana harus bekerja).

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