Last letter from death row

Sabahan Yong Vui Kong, 21, is on death row in Singapore for drug trafficking. Malaysiakini is publishing Yong's final letters to Yetian, a member of the Save Vui Kong Campaign, as he faces death.

Before I begin, I would like to thank everyone for reading this 12th letter. Time passes so quickly that this will be my last letter.

I hope that when you finished reading this letter, despite whatever that is going to happen to me, you will continue to support 'We Believe in Second Chances' campaign.

Mat Sabu: Polis dah macam gangster

Mat Sabu berkata motosikal yang dinaikinya
dirempuh Land Rover polis sehingga
menyebabkan beliau tergolek di jalanan.

SHAH ALAM: Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu menyifatkan tindakan polis sebagai ‘gangster’ ketika perhimpunan Bersih 2.0, Sabtu lalu.

Menceritakan detik cemas itu, beliau yang lebih dikenali sebagai Mat Sabu berkata motosikal yang dinaikinya dirempuh Land Rover polis sehingga menyebabkan beliau tergolek di jalanan.

Beliau yang cedera kemudian dibawa oleh pegawai polis ke Balai Polis Jinjang dan dirujuk ke hospital untuk membuat pemeriksaan lanjut.

Tens of thousands tell Najib to quit

Facebook users condemn Bersih crackdown
and are now seeking 1 million ‘Likes’
for the page demanding the PM’s resignation

PETALING JAYA: Barely two days after the Bersih rally, more than 125,000 Facebook users have asked Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to resign, blaming him for the harsh police action against Saturday’s demonstrators.

Najib gets a terse reminder from a 70 year-old Sabahan activist

By Ezra Haganez 
KOTA KINABALU: A 70-year-old local political activist, Fredoline Edwin Lojingki from Penampang near here, has a tersely-worded reminder to Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Saying he was following closely the drama in Kuala Lumpur last week, he could not fail but feeling amused and angered at the same time at how Najib reads and comments the Bersih rally last Saturday.

Major Defeat For Barisan Nasional’s War For The Hearts And Minds of Malaysians

By Matthias Chang

Barisan Nasional’s War of Intimidation has backfired. Malaysians no longer fear the sight of armed security forces, the threat of racial riots and or the Communist bogey. Pictures of the peaceful determination and resolve of the Bersih demonstrators say it all. Objective Malaysians (the silent majority) cannot but be impressed with the maturity and faith of those who were willing to face arrest and police intimidation to uphold their principles.

KL police: No tear gas fired into hospital

However there are numerous eyewitness accounts, photographic
and video evidence to show that the police had infact
fired tear gas into Tung Shin Hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR:  The city police have rejected accusations that its personnel had fired tear gas into the compound of the Tung Shin Hospital on Jalan Pudu during the Bersih rally yesterday.

City acting police chief Amar Singh was adamant that his men did not target the private hospital.

Federal leaders making empty promises in Sabah

RANAU: Former Kinabalu (now Ranau) MP Datuk Dr Osman @ Othman Minudin said Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi's challenge to be beheaded if a school project did not materialise should be a lesson to all Federal Ministers about promising projects to the people.

WHY BERSIH???

By Patrick Teoh 1. Cos the govt has not LISTENED to the people. 2. Cos dead men still vote. 3. Cos I want the ideals Tunku, Razak, Ismail stood for. 4. Cos I want to know how FLOM can afford all those $$$$$$ handbags.

PBS ‘hires’ YB Gobala to gun down PKR

KOTA BELUD: Umno’s strongest ally in Sabah, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has found a new recruit in former PKR senior leader N Gobalakrishnan.

The Padang Serai MP from Kedah was a surprise “guest of honour” at the Kadamaian PBS annual general meeting (AGM) here last week where he was “specially” invited to enlighten PBS delegates and members on Anwar Ibrahim and PKR.

Rapper Atama ready for arrest

By Queville To, FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah musician-turned-activist, rapper Atama Katama, is prepared for detention, if the police chose to arrest him under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

Atama, who is chairman of Bersih 2.0 Sabah ad hoc committee, is believed to be on the police wanted list for his unspoken support of the coalition’s call for free and fair elections.