WHERE ASSAULT COMES BEFORE TALK.

The people continue to suffer when their mandor maintains the position of disregarding them.

A total of 105 people who took part in the protests on Sunday are still being detained while 24 were released last night.
They would also be investigated under Section 188 of the Penal Code for disobeying the court’s order not to a hold a gathering in front of the British Embassy.
“We will also investigate them for other offences and forward the investigation papers to the Deputy Public Prosecutor for further action,” Comm Wan said.

The Warong kopi fully agrees with UMNO's electoral chief in that elections in Malaysia have reached a high standard of being "free and fair".
Right! the ruling party is free to do whatever it likes and this is seen as fair to the Chief of the election commission.

Malaysia's electoral chief said Monday that national polls will be held soon, and rejected opposition demands for reforms to ensure transparency.
Abdul Rashid insisted that any claims of electoral impropriety are baseless.
"We have done very well," he said. "If you talk in terms of free and fair elections ... we have achieved quite a high standard. As far as we are concerned, everything is transparent."

To control protest in Malaysia the Deputy Internal Security Minister says,
1. It is okay to tear gas and hose down protesters with chemical laced water.
2. Than only the “soft” approach of asking the crowd to disperse.
Assault comes before talk.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum defended the approach taken by the police in breaking up the illegal demonstration by Hindraf yesterday, and in handling the more than 10,000 protestors.
Johari said that after trying to disperse the demonstrators through the use of tear gas and water cannons, the police used the "soft approach" by asking Hindraf leaders to address the crowds to tell them to disperse.