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Friday, July 8, 2011

Bersih 2.0 Sabah Rally rejected by management

Atama collecting the refund of rental and deposit
from the FooChow Hall witness by the committee
By Atama

We come to you today to inform you that our application to hold Bersih 2.0 Sabah Rally on 9th July 2011 at the Foo Chow Hall in Luyang from 2pm – 4pm has been rejected by the property management.

We, the MCLM Adhoc Committee expresses our great disappointment with the cancellation of our bookings by the venue caused by the intense pressure from the authorities.

It is now clear to us the people of Malaysia that the PM Najib administration lacks the integrity especially because PM Najib has earlier assured Bersih leaders to proceed if it was held indoor and permit applied.

This is a slap in the face to every Sabahan that the right to assembly is guaranteed under Article 10 of the federal constitution is now withheld.

"Does this mean the PM Najib's administration will continue to have 70,000 phantom voters in the Sabah EC roll? By depriving Malaysian of their constitutional rights is obvious that PM Najib & the BN admin is not for free & clean elections." said rap artist turned activist, Andrew Ambrose Mudi.

We had earlier today, observed the police riot drills Foh Sang and Padang Bandaran. We believe that this kind of response from the police is an intimidation strategy to instill fear in the people. By gearing up in riot gear, holding batons and rehearsing FRU formations, to us it is a exhibition of a police state.

"How can the police use this strategy against a group of citizens that only want to uphold their rights and walk in peace an solidarity with one another for a good cause? Are we the citizens not allowed to express our voice of the injustice committed to us at all? How can democracy be upheld if elections are even rigged?"

We witnessed a group of yellow shirts identified as members of youth group from Foh Sang send a few boxes of drinking water to about 50 police officers. We have identified the youth from the SAPP.

By not allowing us to assemble in a hall, will result in a widened splinter groups of citizens that will march uncoordinatedly through out the city.

MCLM has done our part and though we have been rejected twice, we will not budge from exercising our civil rights under article 10.

Atama accompanied by his committee and SAPP youth after
receiving the rental and deposit of the FooChow Hall
On a more positive development, we have been invited to participate in a launch of RadioSabahTv, an online radio on rally day at the headquarters of SAPP at 1pm and will be interviewed by this new media. Our leader, Haris Ibrahim was the first to be interviewed by this online radio a few months ago.

We want to inform all Bersih 2.0 supporters to remain calm and follow the developments from http://bersih.org/

We now call upon all Sabahans to offer our great state & country with a non-stop vigilant prayer for the next 48hours. Pray for all of our Bersih 2.0 Leaders, activists & members. We believe that evil will always be defeated by our prayers.

Lastly, my fellow Sabahans, I leave you with one short message.

"We do not pray for God to be on our side, but rather, we pray so that God allow us to be on His side".

Atama @ Andrew Ambrose Mudi is Co-ordinator Chairman for Bersih Sabah
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22 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Mungkin mereka sudah tahu bahawa itu bukan rally tapi pesta lagu dan tari.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 1:56 AM

    Bersih, our heart is with you.

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  3. rama-ramaJuly 8, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    Kamu ingat senang kah mahu minta kebenaran?

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  4. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    SAPP,Atama,and Sabahan Malaysian in Yellow,

    'rock n rolled on' till change!

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  5. karulnaimJuly 8, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Jika perkara itu bertentangan dengan undang-undang pasti agak sukar untuk mendapat kebenaran dan kelulusan.

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  6. kayJuly 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    harap semua akan berfikir secara rasional dan kepentingan awam haruslah diutamakan.

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  7. sayJuly 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    berapa ramai ja penyokong Bersih di Sabah?

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  8. TompinaiJuly 8, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Kjaan penakut.. Gunakan kuasa utk mengawal.. Orang mau berhimpun secara aman di Foo Chow Hall Luyang saja pun tida buli.. Bukan buat di jalanraya..

    Ini la ni,,, kalo semua mo jadi mcm karabau kna cucuk idung...

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  9. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    SAPP & MCLM Sabah...alang2 mandi ba...mandi sampai BERSIH ba...

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  10. juntaJuly 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Sabah ni lebih2 pula nak ikut2 perhimpunan Bersih, tengok mcm Sarawak, mereka tak terpengaruh pula dgn bersih. jgnlah terikut2 dgn budaya org semenanjung tu. jgnlah nak ikut2 c Atama tu, dia mau buat bagi terkenal diri ja tu.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    Better pray rather than rally. If it's God's will, He will fulfill it. No point if evil versus evil.

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  12. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Concentrate on making albums la.

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  13. BersihJuly 9, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    Justice for Malaysia, justice for Sabah, come let's join together to fight for justice...on 9th July 2011.

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  14. TemujinJuly 9, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    karulnaim said...

    (Jika perkara itu bertentangan dengan undang-undang pasti agak sukar untuk mendapat kebenaran dan kelulusan)

    Nyatakan undang2 mana yg boleh diguna pakai terhadap individu atau kumpulan atau ngo2 yg menawarkan diri utk sama2 menyokong BERSIH 2.0 yg mempunyai tujuan yg simple tapi bermakna.

    junta said...

    (Sabah ni lebih2 pula nak ikut2 perhimpunan Bersih, tengok mcm Sarawak, mereka tak terpengaruh pula dgn bersih. jgnlah terikut2 dgn budaya org semenanjung tu. jgnlah nak ikut2 c Atama tu, dia mau buat bagi terkenal diri ja tu)

    Sabah memang aman tapi sejak umno masuk semuanya jadi tunggang terbalik. dari hari pertama umno menyatakan minatnya terhadap negeri ini, sejak itulah semuanya jadi sebaliknya. Lebih banyak budaya buruk yg umno bawakan di Sabah dari pembangkang. hasil dari penyebaran propoganda umno dlm saluran tv awam serta news2 pro-umno.

    Anonymous said...

    Better pray rather than rally. If it's God's will, He will fulfill it. No point if evil versus evil.

    Do you mean that the street rally is evil driven? do you mean that BERSIH 2.0 is evil deeds? God does not simply grant your pray without your efforts. We pray to God not for 'direct answer' because there is no such thing. Take this as an example, a poor man pray to God so that he and his family have some food to eat on the following day, is God granted his prayer by giving this poor man a food to cook on his kitchen on night after he pray? or if you asking God for better income tomorrow, God does not simply send the money from HEAVEN. You got to work on it. God only blessing and showing the right way. In short word, you pray but you did not do any efforts, still no use. no pain no gain. Think about it!

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  15. saintsJuly 9, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    If we want to make changes, then we need to believe that we can make it....I have a motto when I was still in our old school at All Saints...the motto goes..."What we do, we carry through"

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  16. blackJuly 9, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    jangan buat sesuatu perkara itu ikut suka hati, pertimbangkan juga suara pihak yang membantah.

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  17. ShamilaJuly 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Semoga rakyat Sabah khasnya dan negara Malaysia, secara umumnya, memberi sokongan penuh kepada parti yang memerintah. Tidak payahlah membuat rally yang hanya memberi kerosakan keharmonian negara kita. Bila tiba masa mengundi, undilah dengan bijak.

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  18. sinkerttdJuly 10, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    yessss, sokong bersih! sokong atama.lama sudah kita ditindas.tapi kalau anda tidak sokong, itu hak anda.itu hak demokrasi anda, saya..sokong bersih dan atama.

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  19. DylanJuly 12, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    The only reason why would anyone wanna reject BERSIH is because they prioritize peace. We are not like WM.

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  20. DylanJuly 12, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    At the end, did Bersih get what they want??? I hope the rally was worth the commotion that happened on that day.

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  21. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    There are a lot of MCA members in FOO CHOW Association. The rejection is no suprise at all.

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  22. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Harap perkara ini akan mendapat kesudahan yang baik.

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