Burma riot police beat back monksRead the report here.
Burmese police have used batons and tear gas to beat back monks and other protesters at the Rangoon pagoda used as a rallying-point for marchers.
...police beat their shields with their batons and yelled orders to disperse before giving chase.
Some demonstrators were beaten and dragged away in trucks and dozens were arrested.
Eyewitnesses saw a number of protesters fall to the ground amid the chaos.
"We have already decided to risk our lives for the people, although there might be some clashes," one senior monk told AFP news agency before the baton charge.
"We will show our kindness first."
On the home front, in spite of unjustified criticism by a certain politician who just can't seem to keep quiet, the members of the Malaysian Bar marched to the PM's office to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister's office, calling for a royal commission to investigate the authenticity of a video clip showing a senior lawyer purportedly brokering the appointment of judges with a senior judge.
Apparently, according to this politician, by doing so, the lawyers are stooping to the levels of the opposition parties. What the...???? I guess he prolly doesn't think highly of people like Gandhi, the monks in Burma, the Chinese students at 天安门 Square, etc. And this came not too long after he said that the parents of the little girl who was murdered can be charged in Court for a criminal negligence. How very sensitive.
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2 comments:
did u join the march? at least ur bar is doing something. the office bearers of the adv assoc here is not doing nuts, and its driving us ordinary members crazy.
Nope, i din. I was with in spirit! ;-)
Can't la. Too much work here. Have to pick and choose my marches. Would have gladly joined the monks in Burma, tho, if i could.
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