Malaysia's Anwar calls for nationwide protest tour

By Julia Zappei | AFP News

Vowing to "never surrender", opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim called on Malaysians Wednesday to join in a nationwide protest tour against elections he said were stolen from the country's people.

Anwar addressed a sea of supporters dressed in mourning black who filled a football stadium and spilled out into surrounding areas, swamping a suburb of the capital Kuala Lumpur in a gathering with a rock-concert atmosphere.

"We will go to every corner of this country," Anwar declared, prompting roars from the crowd.

"We will continue to struggle and we will never surrender!"

'Black Saturday' declared every week to mourn death of democracy

May 8: Barely 48 hours after a rally was called and publicised through social media and word of mouth, Stadium Petaling Jaya in Kelana Jaya was overflowing with tens of thousands of people to protest the controversial election which saw Barisan Nasional scrape a narrow victory last weekend.

The huge crowd not only filled the 40,000-seat stadium, but also occupied every inch of the field. It is estimated that easily over 100,000 people have gathered at the venue, with tens of thousands more believed to be stuck in one of the worst traffic congestions seen in the Klang Valley in recent times.

PKR: Ignore malicious SMS, attend rally tonight

PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli has urged the public to ignore “malicious” text-messages and to express their objections to electoral fraud by attending tonight's rally in Selangor.

He said the party has complied with provisions of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 as it has informed the police about the rally, to be held at 8.30pm at Kelana Jaya stadium.

NONE“To heed the call by (Inspector-general of Police) Ismail Omar, PKR through Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (left), the Seri Setia assemblyperson, has officially informed the relevant police station,” Rafizi said in a statement today.

“This is in line with normal practice as the rally will be held in private premises. The management and owner of the stadium have agreed to this.

“It also complies with the Peaceful Assembly Act - a permit is not needed for a rally, (there is) only a need to inform the police.”

He urged all Malaysians to wear black and attend the rally to reject electoral fraud in the 13th general election concluded on Sunday.

Rafizi also said he will lodge a police report at 3pm today at the Tropicana police station, against “malicious” text-messages being widely circulated.

These urge the public especially non-Malays not to attend the rally ‘as it would become an excuse for racial riots’, as had happened on May 13, 1969. 

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Politik perkauman: Pihak berkuasa diminta laksana tanggungjawab

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS mengingatkan semua pihak pengamal politik dan terutamanya media untuk tidak membuat kenyataan beremosi kaum yang boleh menimbulkan kegelisahan antara kaum.

Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali dalam kenytaaannya berkata, tiada siapa yang patut menuding jari pada mana-mana kaum semata-mata mereka tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan PRU13.

"PAS menggesa pihak berkuasa segera melaksanakan tanggungjawab mereka untuk melindungi rakyat daripada provokasi daripada golongan-golongan yang tidak bertanggungjawab yang sengaja mengapi-apikan api perkauman," kata Mustafa dalam kenyataannya.

Bukan Tsunami Cina tapi gelombang kedua Tsunami 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: Dakwaan Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang mengaitkan keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) dengan perkauman kononnya sebagi 'Tsunam Cina' disanggah banyak pihak.

Penganalisis politik, Datuk Dr Mohammad Agus Yusoff berkata beliau berbeza dengan pandangan tersebut.

Katanya, apa yang berlaku pada PRU13 menunjukkan bukan sahaja kebangkitan masyarakat Cina, tetapi kebangkitan seluruh rakyat Malaysia.

"Yang jelas pada saya ialah PRU 13 merupakan gelombang kedua tsunami rakyat, dari bandar, semi bandar, desa, golongan muda, kelas menengah dan lain-lain, yang bangkit untuk menuntut pembentukan sebuah kerajaan yang bersih, adil dan bertanggungjawab kepada semua rakyat. 

Anwar mahu selesai isu penipuan p'raya dulu

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Ketua Umum PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata beliau akan menimbangkan mengenai persaraannya daripada politik selepas menyelesaikan isu penipuan dan penyelewengan yang didakwa berlaku dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13.  

Katanya, beliau memutuskan demikian kerana beranggapan bahawa perjalanan pilihan raya kali ini telah "dicuri" daripada rakyat melalui proses penipuan.  

"Pendirian saya sama. Saya ada mendapat tawaran untuk mengajar di beberapa universiti utama. Saya masih fikir. Tapi saya nak selesaikan penipuan ini. (Ia) belum selesai. Saya dah menang. Pilihan raya ini sudah dimenangi oleh Pakatan Rakyat. 

"Saya rasa apa yang perlu diperjelaskan sekarang ini ialah, pilihan raya ini telah dicuri melalui proses penipuan. Kerana mengikut proses yang biasa dan yang adil, kita sudah menang. Hampir mustahil (kalah) kalau dilihat dari sambutan yang ada. 

Beliau yakin bahawa kemenangan pilihan raya kali ini telah dicuri memandangkan momentum yang berlaku dibeberapa kawasan yang beliau kunjungi. 

Interest to join Pakatan

Hi, my name is S. Ann, a soon to 22 years old girl staying at Setapak whom is disappointed with what happened on the GE-13. I feel so upset looking at government playing dirty tricks brightly yet we can't do anything to stop it, this has triggered my interest to join Pakatan Rakyat so that I can fight together with everyone for our country's future and for the future of people close to me. Although we are aware that a clean election is needed to change everything, but sad to say that even SPR is siding the government. As a citizen in Malaysia, I wish we can be a better country, a country without dirty election, free media and free from corruption.

I shall end my words here, thanks for spending time to read my e-mail!

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EC reports record 80pct turnout of voters

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 POLLING DAY - LIVE REPORTS

5.50pm: About 80 percent of 12,992,661 voters turned out for the 13th general election, says the EC.

This is the highest in Malaysian electoral history, beating the 78.9 percent recorded in 1964.

EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told Bernama that most of the 8,245 polling centres, which had opened at 8 am, closed at 5 pm as scheduled.

Two polling centres in the Tungku state constituency and one in the Lahad Datu constituency, in Sabah, closed at 3 pm as scheduled.

He said the counting of votes began at 5.30pm and the tallying will be done after that.

PKR's Elizabeth Wong tweets that some voting stations charted turnouts of 85 percent and above for the Bukit Lanjan state seat and Subang parliamentary seat - with one recording 90 percent.

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'High turnout' in Malaysia election

People are voting in Malaysia in what is expected to be the closest election in the country's history.

For the first time since independence in 1957, the ruling Barisan Nasional Coalition has a real chance of losing power.

Jonathan Head in Kuala Lumpur says turnout is high...click for video