Category: Bersih Stories

Location: Melbourne, Australia Time: 28/4/2012 at 2.00 p.m. +10UTC Number of Participants: 1250+ Bersih Melbourne was a huge success, drawing crowds of more than 1,250 to gather peacefully at Federation Square. The atmosphere of the event was festive and fun and there was a wide range of Malaysians who attended this rally, from students to young people working in Melbourne and Malaysian families. There were also a significant amount of Australians in the crowd, most of who were unaware of the situation in Malaysia before the event. There was a…

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Location: Okachimachi Park, Tokyo, Japan Time: 28 Apr, 1pm +10UTC Number of participants: 200   Our rally was a success and ran without a hitch. We gathered at Okachimachi Park from 1-3pm as scheduled. We sang Negaraku. Ambiga’s message to Global Bersih was read out, we chanted Bersih:s 8 demands. We took photos. We had a group discussion. Negaraku was sung to close the gathering After that we retired to a Malaysian restaurant. A good time was had by all at the rally and the restaurant.

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Location: Washington DC, USA Time: 28 Apr, 2pm -4UTC Number of participants: 35   About 35 people showed up in support of Bersih 3.0 gathering in Washington DC. People coming from Virginia, Maryland, and local DC. We gather at Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. The group was also surprised to see former US ambassador to Malaysia, John Malott. After briefing, we took a group picture and sing national anthem in front of tidal basin with National Monument in the background. Sign memorandum, Then we walked a 2.5 miles round trip loop…

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Location: St Stephen Green Shopping Centre, Dublin, Ireland Time: 28 Apr, 12pm +0UTC Number of participants: 100+ The weather was beautiful through out the day. Once the crowd has gathered, we kick-start with a quick briefing and then stood up to sing the national anthem. All of us sang out our heart as passer by stopped and took pictures wondering what this is about. Our ground team explained to passer by the unfair and corruption in the EC in our country. Next, a few of us step up to the…

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Location: Paraslides Park, Santa Monica, California, USA Time: 28 Apr, 2pm -8UTC Number of participants: 67   We had 67 sign-ins at the Los Angeles Bersih 3.0 at Santa Monica, but the largest number of simultaneous presence probably hovered around 50. People came from all over the LA metro area, and there was a healthy mix of new people as well as familiar faces from Bersih 2.0. There was quite a bit of chattering among the participants; between developments at KL and problems with the government, many were simply delighted…

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Original source: The Wire The dust is still settling after protests for electoral reform in Malaysia at the weekend. Protests were mainly peaceful in the 87 different locations worldwide from Sydney and Melbourne to New York. But it was the dramatic scenes in central Kuala Lumpur that made headlines across the world when police fired tear gas and a water cannon at people in the vicinity, including Australian senator Nick Xenophon. It is still unclear how the demonstration that was intended to be peaceful turned violent, but activists say what…

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Unedited Video footage of John Malott, the former US ambassador to Malaysia gave his support to Bersih 3.0. He joined the Bersih 3.0 gathering at Washington DC. I am John Malott, and I was the American Ambassador in Malaysia many years ago. I’m here to show my support for the Malaysians who are marching in Washington DC and around the world for free and fair elections. As an American, it’s not up to me to say who should run Malaysia’s Government. That’s up to the Malaysian people. But they have…

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