Police personnel standing guard outside the state secretariat building. - 7 May, 2009
From The Star’s Battleground Ipoh photo gallery.
I’d be lying if I said I was surprised and appalled. Nevertheless, it’s painful to watch.
An exciting day in Ipoh. One for the history books. But not any kind of history books you’ll ever find in schools. There was a semi media blackout the whole day – you didn’t see anything on tv and radio. As the day was winding down there was a brief news item on the radio and on tv. The latter carried no visuals. If you wanted something you’d have to get online.
Videos? – head to Malaysiakini’s youtube channel.
Breaking news? – The Malaysian Insider twittered updates all day. According to the twitter updates, 64 were arrested today outside the state secretariat building and later in the afternoon 14 were released (including 8 lawmakers). It remains to be seen what they’re going to do to the other 50.
Oh, and the kicker? We’re waiting on the high court to decide who the Chief Minister will be on Monday. *cough*BushGore*cough*