Court order issued against Bersih rally
The police have obtained a court order barring Bersih 3.0 organisers and the public from gathering at Dataran Merdeka.
(Free Malaysia Today) – The police have obtained a court order against Bersih 3.0 organisers and the public from gathering at Dataran Merdeka tomorrow.
Also named in the order, issued by Magistrate Zaki Asyraf Zubir at 8.30pm last night, was Bersih 3.0 chairperson S Ambiga.
According to a source, the police sought the order upon the instruction of the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
The order effectively barred anyone from gathering at Dataran Merdeka tomorrow and from holding any rally within its vicinity.
During the previous Bersih rally in July, the police only obtained a court order against 91 inviduals including Ambiga, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali from being at certain parts of Kuala Lumpur.
This time around the police included the public in its list.
Bersih: We will continue
Responding to the latest development, Bersih 3.0 steeting committee member Wong Chin Huat said they would try to get “as close as possible” to Dataran Merdeka.
“We will continue,” he vowed, adding that the authorities could do as it wished but in the end it was the will of the people that would prevail.
Himpunan Hijau 2.0 steering committee member Clement Chin also stood firm in his decision to back Bersih 3.0.
“We would back Bersih 3.0 come rain or shine. Whatever it is, we would be there tomorrow,” he told FMT.
He added that this was about solidarity and Bersih’s struggles were about fundamental rights of the common man.
“We are suffering due to corruption and poor governance. If the authorities cannot allow us from expressing our grievances, how can the government function properly?” he asked.
