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Sudah tentu para penganalisis dunia luar sedang memerhatikan apa yang berlaku kepada Malaysia kini. Nampaknya tuduhan Mahathir bahawa reformasi telah mati gagal sama-sekali.

Kini jelas, siapakah sebenarnya pencinta dan siapa penyangak negara.... Mahathir telah menafikan satu hak rakyat dan dia sanggup berbuat apa saja tetapi kebenaran akan terserlah jua. Bayangkan pemimpin-pemimpin umno kini SENYAP TIDAK BERKATA! Itulah kejayaan, kuasa, dan mesej 5 November!!

Malam ini Md Sabu, Ezam, TG Nik Aziz dll. akan berada di Markaz Tarbiah PAS Taman Melewar, Insya Allah. Sudah tentu Mahathir akan lagi berdebar.

Buktikan kepada dunia suara rakyat tetap bergegar walaupun dipagar. Sebab itulah ramai menjadi pendekar sejak sebelum malaya.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-6nov2000-20.htm

Malaysian police attack Anwar supporters

Police in Malaysia have used tear gas and water cannon to break up a demonstration in support of the jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Witnesses to the protest saw police beating and kicking some of the more than 1,000 protesters who gathered at Klang, 20 kilometres west of Kuala Lumpur.

The protesters shouted "reform" and "free Anwar" in support of the former deputy premier, who has been jailed on charges of s###my and abuse of power.

Seven-hundred police were involved in crushing the protest, leading to the arrest of at least 30 people.

Anwar's wife, Wan Aziza, and the leaders of three other opposition parties, led a march earlier in the day.

She claims 80 of Anwar's supporters were detained and six members of her National Justice Party have been beaten around the head with police batons.

Calling the protest an illegal assembly, police fired water canon and teargas cannisters to disperse the crowd.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/story_3665.asp

Malaysian police break up Anwar protest

Malaysian police firing teargas and water cannon charged supporters of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim who had gathered on a main highway near Klang, witnesses said on Sunday.

An AFP correspondent at the scene said the crowd of opposition supporters numbering at least 1,000 fled as the riot police advanced.

Police were seen kicking and beating some detainees as they led them away and damaging some cars and motorbikes with their batons.

They shot several teargas rounds into a palmoil plantation by the road where some protesters took refuge.

Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is currently confined to a wheelchair, said protesters had agreed to disperse peacefully before the police attacked. She estimated the crowd at several thousand.

"I think they (police) were just trying to create disorder so the opposition would be blamed," she told AFP after supporters had carried her wheelchair to a car.

Earlier, Wan Azizah and the leaders of the three other opposition parties had led a march down the highway, after police blocked access to the venue of a planned opposition rally nearby.

The crowd, shouting "Reformasi!" and "Free Anwar!" and beating drums, had halted about a hundred metres from a police line at a toll plaza to hear speeches from opposition leaders.

"As we were telling them (the crowd) to leave, the police ambushed us," said Wan Azizah, head of the National Justice Party. "The crowd was very quiet."

She said 80 people had been detained and six members of her party suffered head wounds from police batons.

Riot police damaged an AFP photographer's camera after he took a picture of one scuffle.

Protesters had called a rally in a privately-owned field near Klang but police had declared it illegal and said those taking part could be jailed for up to one year.

Hundreds of police and paramilitaries had blocked access roads off the highway to the rally site and then closed one lane of the highway itself. A traffic jam several kilometres long built up and opposition leaders and their supporters were forced to walk towards the venue.

Amid the huge traffic jam opposition supporters earlier in the afternoon staged impromptu protests, shouting "Reformasi!" (Reform).

"Restore the people's rights" read one banner displayed by a group atop a lane divider. "Up, up Anwar, down, down Mahathir," one placard said.

Opponents of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had called for a "gathering of 100,000 citizens" to protest at Anwar's plight and at curbs on freedom of assembly and other perceived rights abuses.

One police officer who declined to be identified said about 500 police were at the scene, including regular officers, red-helmeted riot police and the paramilitary General Operations Force.

In speeches just before the police attacked, opposition leaders said they were not seeking confrontation.

"We are not looking for trouble but we are here because we love this country," said Lim Kit Siang, chairman of the Democratic Action Party.

"We want justice, freedom and democracy to be restored to the people."

Wan Azizah, who was in a wheelchair after suffering a leg injury last week, told the crowd: "We are to demand the people's rights. Free Anwar, restore the people's rights and give us justice."

Organisers of the planned rally, in a joint statement beforehand, accused a "dictatorial leadership" of denying civil rights and sparking a political crisis by sacking Anwar "in the most callous and despicable manner".

The statement also complained of alleged cronyism and accused the government of violating constitutional rights of free speech, freedom of association and peaceful public assembly.

Police have wide powers to ban public protests.

Anwar was sacked by Mahathir on September 2, 1998 and arrested 18 days later following mass anti-government rallies.

Anwar claims Mahathir orchestrated a conspiracy to frame him on criminal charges because he was seen as a political threat. The government denies any plot and says the courts are independent.

In April 1999 Anwar was jailed for six years for abuse of power and in August was imprisoned for nine years for s###my, with the sentences to run consecutively.

-AFP

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Malaysian police clash with
anti-government protesters

Malaysian police fired tear gas, swung batons and sprayed chemical-laced water from a truck to break up an anti-government protest led by the country's top opposition leaders.

The demonstrators were campaigning to oust Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and promote democracy in Malaysia.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested but no injuries were reported as policemen beat back poster-waving protesters shouting slogans against Mahathir, eyewitnesses said. There was no comment from the police.

Hundreds of riot policemen blocked off roads in the area, west of Kuala Lumpur, to prevent the opposition National Justice Party of jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from holding a planned rally. But hundreds of people managed to sneak in by late afternoon.

Mr Anwar's wife, Azizah Ismail, the Justice Party head, was in the front of the protest, seated in a wheelchair. Her aides said she had an injured ankle.

She was joined by Democratic Action Party chief Lim Kit Siang and Fadzil Noor, the president of the fundamentalist Pan Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS. The three parties are in an anti-government coalition.

"Malaysians are showing their stand on democracy. They also want fairness and justice for Anwar," Azizah told reporters during the protest.

Although police did not say how many protesters had been arrested, opposition activists claimed at least 18 people had been led away in police trucks. Late on Saturday, at least six members of the Justice Party, suspected to be involved in organising the public rally, were arrested, said a statement by the local human rights group, Suaram.

About 1,000 people had gathered for the planned rally today, but as the police started to move in, the crowd appeared to swell and soon policemen were confronted with several parallel protests that forced the closure of a main highway linking Kuala Lumpur to some southern towns.

Opposition activists have tried several times to hold public rallies in support of Anwar, who is serving a jail term until 2014 for corruption and s###my, charges he describes as trumped up by Dr Mahathir. Anwar, 54, has been behind bars since September 20 1998, when police commandos raided his house and arrested him.

Last updated: 13:27 Sunday 5th November 2000.

http://asia.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/asia/afp/article.html? s=asia/headlines/001105/asia/afp/
Malaysia_police_break_up_protest_with_tear_gas__water_cannon.html

Sunday, November 5 7:23 PM SGT

Malaysia police break up protest with tear gas, water cannon

KLANG, Malaysia, Nov 5 (AFP) -

Malaysian police firing tear gas and water cannon charged supporters of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim who had gathered on a main highway near here Sunday, witnesses said.

An AFP correspondent at the scene said the crowd of opposition supporters numbering at least 1,000 fled as the riot police advanced.

Police were seen kicking and beating some detainees as they led them away and damaging some cars and motorbikes with their batons.

They shot several tear gas rounds into a palmoil plantation by the roadside where some protesters took refuge.

Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is currently confined to a wheelchair, said protesters had agreed to disperse peacefully before the police attacked. She estimated the crowd at several thousand.

"I think they (police) were just trying to create disorder so the opposition would be blamed," she told AFP after supporters had carried her wheelchair to a car.

Earlier Wan Azizah and the leaders of the three other opposition parties had led a march down the highway, after police blocked access to the venue of a planned opposition rally nearby.

The crowd, shouting "Reformasi!" and "Free Anwar!" and beating drums, had halted some hundred metres from a police line at a toll plaza to hear speeches from opposition leaders.

"As we were telling them (the crowd) to leave, the police ambushed us," said Wan Azizah, head of the National Justice Party. "The crowd was very quiet."

She said 80 people had been detained and six members of her party suffered head wounds from police batons.

Riot police damaged an AFP photographer's camera after he took a picture of one scuffle.

Protesters had called a rally in a privately-owned field near Klang but police had declared it illegal and said those taking part could be jailed for up to one year.

Hundreds of police and paramilitaries had blocked access roads off the highway to the rally site and then closed one lane of the highway itself. A traffic jam several kilometers long built up and opposition leaders and their supporters were forced to walk towards the venue.

Amid the huge traffic jam opposition supporters earlier in the afternoon staged impromptu protests, shouting "Reformasi!" (Reform).

"Restore the people's rights" read one banner displayed by a group atop a lane divider. "Up, up Anwar, down, down Mahathir," one placard said.

Opponents of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had called for a "gathering of 100,000 citizens" to protest at Anwar's plight and at curbs on freedom of assembly and other perceived rights abuses.

One police officer who declined to be identified said about 500 police were at the scene, including regular officers, red-helmeted riot police and the paramilitary General Operations Force.

In speeches just before the police attacked, opposition leaders said they were not seeking confrontation.

"We are not looking for trouble but we are here because we love this country," said Lim Kit Siang, chairman of the Democratic Action Party.

"We want justice, freedom and democracy to be restored to the people."

Wan Azizah, who was in a wheelchair after suffering a leg injury last week, told the crowd: "We are to demand the people's rights. Free Anwar, restore the people's rights and give us justice."

Organisers of the planned rally, in a joint statement beforehand, accused a "dictatorial leadership" of denying civil rights and sparking a political crisis by sacking Anwar "in the most callous and despicable manner."

The statement also complained of alleged cronyism and accused the government of violating constitutional rights of free speech, freedom of association and peaceful public assembly.

Police have wide powers to ban public protests.

Anwar was sacked by Mahathir on September 2, 1998 and arrested 18 days later following mass anti-government rallies.

Anwar claims Mahathir orchestrated a conspiracy to frame him on criminal charges because he was seen as a political threat. The government denies any plot and says the courts are independent.

In April 1999 Anwar was jailed for six years for abuse of power and in August was imprisoned for nine years for s###my, with the sentences to run consecutively.

http://asia.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/asia/afp/article.html? s=asia/headlines/001105/asia/afp/
Anwar_s_backers_stage_highway_march_after_police_block_rally.html

Sunday, November 5 6:00 PM SGT

Anwar's backers stage highway march after police block rally

KLANG, Malaysia, Nov 5 (AFP) -

At least 1,000 supporters of Malaysia's jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, shouting "Reformasi!" and beating drums, marched down a main highway near here Sunday after police blocked a planned rally nearby.

Protesters including Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who was being pushed in a wheelchair, were headed for a turnoff to the rally site where police had blocked the road, an AFP correspondent saw.

Wan Azizah and the heads of the three other opposition parties joined the protest in the late afternoon after hundreds of police and paramilitaries had blocked access roads off the highway to the rally site.

Earlier in the afternoon they opened fire on protesters with a water cannon at one point, witnesses said. Opposition supporters said tear gas was also fired but there was no confirmation of this.

"This is the people showing that they want to express their rights," said Wan Azizah, who injured her leg last week.

"The police are acting as if we have committed a crime. We have no intention to start a confrontation," she told AFP as supporters yelled "Free Anwar."

Police earlier blocked one lane of the highway between this town and Kuala Lumpur to the east, causing a traffic jam several kilometers long.

Lim Kit Siang, chairman of the Democratic Action Party, blamed police for refusing permission for the rally.

"Police should not have overreacted as if they are afraid of the people," he said. "I don't think they can really control the situation unless they are prepared for pandemonium."

Syed Husin Ali, head of the small Malaysian People's Party, criticised "police paranoia" in refusing to allow the rally.

Police have said the rally was illegal and those attending could be jailed up to one year.

Police earlier chased protesters down the highway and plain-clothes officers were seen detaining some people. Other officers went from car to car in the traffic jam in search of demonstrators.

Amid the huge traffic jam opposition supporters staged impromptu protests, shouting "Reformasi!" (Reform).

"Restore the people's rights" read one banner displayed by a group atop a lane divider. "Up, up Anwar, down, down Mahathir," one placard said.

Opponents of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had called for a "gathering of 100,000 citizens" to protest at Anwar's plight and at curbs on freedom of assembly and other perceived rights abuses.

One police officer who declined to be identified said about 500 police were at the scene, including regular officers, red-helmeted riot police and the paramilitary General Operations Force.

Organisers and police said five men and one woman were detained Saturday.

Raja Petra Kamarudin, director of the FreeAnwar Campaign, said 49 more people had been detained as of late afternoon Sunday. There was no official confirmation.

Local rights group SUARAM condemned "state repression" of what it called a planned peaceful gathering.

"The massive presence of police and FRU (riot units) gives clear signals that the state is all set to crush yet another peaceful gathering," the group said in a statement.

Organisers of the rally in a joint statement accused a "dictatorial leadership" of denying civil rights and sparking a political crisis by sacking Anwar "in the most callous and despicable manner."

The statement also complained of alleged cronyism and accused the government of violating constitutional rights of free speech, freedom of association and peaceful public assembly.

Police have wide powers to ban public protests.

Anwar was sacked by Mahathir on September 2, 1998 and arrested 18 days later following mass anti-government rallies.

Anwar claims Mahathir orchestrated a conspiracy to frame him on criminal charges because he was seen as a political threat. The government denies any plot and says the courts are independent.

In April 1999 Anwar was jailed for six years for abuse of power and in August was imprisoned for nine years for s###my, with the sentences to run consecutively.

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi? a0594_BC_Malaysia-Protest&&news&newsflash-international

Malaysian police block protesters, arrest activists

By JASBANT SINGH
The Associated Press
11/5/00 10:59 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Police fired tear gas, swung batons and sprayed chemical-laced water from trucks Sunday to break up Malaysia's biggest anti-government protest in recent months.

Led by the country's top opposition leaders, thousands of people blocked a major expressway linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital, to a neighboring state and shouted slogans against Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has ruled Malaysia for 19 years.

At least 116 people were arrested in the protest. Demonstrators called for greater democracy and the release of Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's imprisoned former deputy prime minister.

Ibrahim's 1998 arrest, and subsequent conviction for corruption and s###my, triggered unprecedented street protests against Mahatir's authoritarian government. Ibrahim has said the charges against him were trumped up to block his attempts to bring democratic reform to Malaysia.

Opposition activists have tried several times to hold public rallies in support of Anwar, but police have thwarted them either by using force to break up gatherings or by scaring away supporters. Police have dubbed all gatherings against Mahathir, Asia's longest-serving leader, as illegal.

About 5,000 people had gathered for the rally early Sunday, but as the police started to move in, the crowd appeared to swell and soon officers faced several parallel protests that blocked the expressway.

Police chased protesters into jungles alongside the expressway. Officers forcibly removed some participants from their vehicles, beat them, herded them into police trucks and drove them away, witnesses said.

Opposition leaders condemned the police as heavy-handed.

"There was no need for aggressive action against what was a peaceful pro-democracy rally," said Democratic Action Party chief Lim Kit Siang.

A policeman was injured in the head after he was attacked by protesters, police said.

Officers snatched cameras and film from several news photographers who were taking pictures of the scuffles, the national news agency Bernama reported.

Anwar's wife, Azizah Ismail, the Justice Party head, was in the front of the protest, seated in a wheelchair. Her aides said she had an injured ankle.

She was joined by Kit Siang and Fadzil Noor, the president of the fundamentalist Pan Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS, and Syed Hussien Ali, who heads the Malaysian People's Party. The four parties are in an anti-government coalition.

"Malaysians are showing their stand on democracy. They also want fairness and justice for Anwar," Azizah told reporters during the protest.