Posted by: kkitsam on: August 1, 2009
It was a hell of an experience. Imagine being bombed with rounds of tear gases and cannoned with acid water, i took it all today, and i went home happy. Let me start all over again. I was at Sogo for the anti-ISA rally. Went there early to avoid the traffic knowing that the police will surely block all the roads leading to KL and i was right when they started to block from kajang.While i was inside Sogo, received SMSes about numerous arrest by the police against PAS Unit Amal.
At 2pm, people started to gather, coming from all locations with the main crowd coming out from Sogo shopping complex. At first i thought the crowd was small, the people were scattered around, all looking for a leader for guidance. After moving around for sometime, finally a huge crowd was gathered in front of Sogo main road. The crowd was so huge that it could easily tops 20000 people, i guess it’s between 20k-30k people. I would say the crowd was of multiracial, or Malaysian, although the PAS people were generally more in numbers.




Some FRUs went to arrest and beat the victims (Pic above). This was at Pertama complex. The crowd then moved in between Sogo and Pertama complex.




After speeches from the Pakatan Rakyat leaders, we tried to march again. Yet, this time, we were confronted with the FRU trucks. A peaceful rally turns chaos when the FRU started to fired at the crowd. Without any warnings, the water cannon were fired at the crowd. I was there couldn’t run away, and have to dodge the water. However, the moment the water touched my skin, it just burns!!!! It wasn’t plain water, it was acid. I was sprayed from heads down, and all i can do is scrambling for waters to wash off the acid from my face. Then when i turn to my back, fuck the truck is right beside me, and of course, i was sprayed along with numerous ladies who were dodging at the roadside. I guess those FRUs were laughing and having a field day firing at harmless easy prey like us.
I guess those FRU were thinking like this when they hit me ” Hahahaa another direct hit, Hishamuddin must be proud of us. FIRE FIRED AT THEM!!!!!” After the truck went pass us, again we were scrambling for water to wash off the burning effect.
No matter how the mainstream media wants to spin, i guess those present at the site can confirms that the FRU were not dispersing the people, they were indeed attacking the people with their tear gasses and acid water. Wherever the people runs the FRU followed with their water cannon trucks and tear gasses, and firing them at will. Maybe they were having fun behind the wheel.
The crowd was chased from one road to another, the FRUs were definitely not dispersing the people, more like quarantine the people inside the city centre. It cannot even be dispersing the people when all the tear gasses and water cannoned was aimed at people who had started to move away. We were forced to move to PAS headquaters at the Jalan Raja Laut. Luckily here the cars were jamming the roads and the FRU trucks were stucked somewhere behind.



Below is the activist from KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

and of course, not to be missed is the message for the government;

