40,000 people rallied. Traffic chaos. City in gridlock. Tear gas. Water cannons. Journalists attacked by riot police. Memorandum successfully handed over to the King. Mission accomplished. (All of the above from Malaysiakini.)
The winds are changing.
I should have been there.
One observation. The people seem to be lacking a champion for social reform. The States had Martin Luther, India had Ghandi, South Africa had Mandela, Burma has Suu Kyi, and we have... Anwar Ibrahim. Does he count?
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Wow, so some topics do get you optimistic after all. :P
Apparently the M'sian govt has censored all the newspapers...makes you wonder what else they're censoring too...and if M'sia is really a democracy at all.
to quote a cynical friend, "it's not our media, it's the govt propaganda machine."
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