BERSIH 2.0

The Bersih Leader was negotiating with Cops that time. However we were being conned later by the cops to let us proceed and march to Jalan Sultan. Yea.. the sly PRDM..
The FRU is getting ready for another round of engagement.
Residue of chemical spray.
Cops chopper was slowly flying in low altitude to get those tear gas swinging around. It was really hard to swallow..
Cops ready to play mice and cat racing.
Mr. Lam is every ready to BERSIH kan himself.
one lady kena the chemical spray here. Heard it will coz u to itch.
The crowd has been disperse earlier when we walk towards Masjid Jamek.

One of my video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBWpReFRKs

Bersih 2.0.. A cause that is worthy to be fought for. My first participation in a demonstrations without arm of course. Mr. Lam was busy with his factory chore and managed to pick me up a little bit late as his factory machine went bizarre. Nevertheless we still could make it to the 2pm mark. Following up info online, I guess the best bet is KLCC if all the other stations are close.

So from Rampai LRT, we found out Masjid Jamek was closed. Prior to that, I was in touch with Kong Yew & Shiao San on their progress along the way.. We decided that Dang Wangi was the nearest station before Masjid Jamek. There were cops at Dang Wangi station already. Lotsa tourists and some other people might be heading to KL Sentral via Masjid Jamek interchange could not do so.. They had to go all the way to Dang Wangi station. Some with heavy luggages. So when we were at Masjid Jamek, the were lotsa cops and FRU. So enter the zone. We walks towards Metrojaya and there were FRU in the front waiting. The leftover of the teargas was not visible to us. We were not in the group yet and already kena tear gas kaw kaw. Its kinda like rubbing chilis padi into your eyes and next the throat is so dry up and u start coughing. It was horrible.

So we decided to take the backlane to Jalan Sultan and see where the groups are form. There were two malays fler asking us are we coming for the Bersih. They must be happy to see us and proud the chinese does heed the call to make a stand.. U know lah.. chinese very kiasi one in terms of all this.. One of them told us that this country does not belongs to malay only. It belongs to malay, chinese and indian. He kept reassuring us. I think that was a nice comforting words at sure does have some impact on Lam. I always have not been waver from that... so my idealism does stand till this day though sometime despair.

Then we were at the centre of traffic between puduraya, maybank and Kotaraya. There were still lotsa crowds near the slope of the maybank area. Then police began to squeeze and launch their catches. Some kena caught while other lari lintang pukang.

I was negotiating where to join the pack. The pack seems to be later coming from Puduraya. It was a huge crowd. They were lashing out the Bersih Slogan. Then they went further.. The FRU and cops on standby. The next we know it, huge booming discharge of teargas heading our way and police were on the cat and mice game again. I was like within 10 metres away from the tear gas. So ran as quick as possible towards the basement of puduraya where the buses used to park. Another doseof teargas... but there were water from a piping hose available for us to clean ourselves. It was teary and choking. Luckily the cops didnt come in the basement to catch us. Then we tried to go up the station 1st floor seeing there was a journalist doing his work via a notebook. He either had lungs and robotic eyes or what.. still can punch away the notebook of the recording while we could barely breath and see upstair.. So we went down.. Not too long the rain set in quite heavily for awhile for like 15 mins before it subside.

Now I was reagding online that FRU was sandwiching both side of PUDU station and from Bukit Bintang area.. so there was no escape. So saw that the leaders were negotiating with cops at the back of the FRU line. It took awhile and finally the leaders were let in through the FRU and back to the crowd. I was hesitating a bit.. and what the heck.. we are here for this.. so Lam putih putih follow me through the FRU as well. Now there were no escape. We are in the crowd. Saw lotsa people were finding refuge at Tung Shin Hospital carpark. I decided to join the pack down there. Then came the news the cops allow us to march towards Jalan Sultan. So get the crowd from Tung Shin hospital to come down. It was a dirty tactic by the cops to lure people in tung shin to join the road march. Next we were marching a bit.. next they catch the leaders.. and next the chemical spray vehicles are on the move.. and tear gases discharges.. I ran so fast since for a long time.. so went in a tight corner on the right where the field had been fence for construction. We hid under the abandon building.. but the cops began to hunt us down. We ran towards the church and thought we are doom to be cornered. Then there was an escape route leading to an apartment behind.. there were one mamak restaurant there. So we went in and had our drink.

It was really a muhibbah Malaysia lah.. ahaha.. Demonstrator same table as us came as far as Baling..wow.. Then there was this Tok iman.. must be some big shot that came in to shook our hand.. Shaking me and Lam hand and asking us Sudah makan? ahaha...

Well.. I got to go now.. There is the account on the day of Bersih 2.0.