About 2,000 Malaysians from all walks of life staged a peaceful protest march in downtown Kuala Lumpur last night calling for the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA).
The march was initially called by HINDRAF, but it was soon joined by many lantern-carrying youths from a coaliton of NGOs.
It is an eye-opener to see participants from various races, especially the young, walking together amidst a festive atmosphere in solidarity of those arrested under the ISA.
In Singapore, a similar vigil walk along Orchard Road held by Burmese nationals last year in protest of the babaric acts of the military junta in Myanmar was stopped by the police. Six Burmese who took part in the march were denied renewal of their permanent residency this year.
Watch the videos here:
http://wayangparty.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/malaysian-youth-stage-peaceful-anti-isa-lantern-walk/
The march was initially called by HINDRAF, but it was soon joined by many lantern-carrying youths from a coaliton of NGOs.
It is an eye-opener to see participants from various races, especially the young, walking together amidst a festive atmosphere in solidarity of those arrested under the ISA.
In Singapore, a similar vigil walk along Orchard Road held by Burmese nationals last year in protest of the babaric acts of the military junta in Myanmar was stopped by the police. Six Burmese who took part in the march were denied renewal of their permanent residency this year.
Watch the videos here:
http://wayangparty.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/malaysian-youth-stage-peaceful-anti-isa-lantern-walk/
