Saturday 28 April 2012

'OCCUPY FIRST' TACTIC TO DENY BERSIH OF VENUES





IN DONGGONGON, Penampang, a small group of 20 local activists who gathered at the now famous Datuk Peter Mojuntin Monument in Donggongon, Penampang, some 12 km from here, was denied the opportunity to sit-in at the monument. They however staged their sit-in at a mamak cafe just adjacent to the monument.

Workers of the Penampang District Council, and some believed to be policemen, carried out 'cleaning activities' at the monument from 11am till 4pm without stopping, the first time the authority did so on the monument in a very long years.

They even brushed the floor areas and the bronze (only legs parts because of its height) monument of the revered late leader of the Kadazandusuns, and made sure the area was wet at all time.

Among the activists present there were chairman of CigMa or Common Interest Group Malaysia, Daniel John Jambun, representative of Mafrel and Transparency International, Jerry Ombou, journalist/activist Kanul Gindol, Penampang representative Bernard Solibun and lawyer Peter Marajin.

Jambun said the authorities had employed the 'Occupy First' tactic to deny the public of access to the monument. "We relented and just observed them cleaning the areas. We achieved our objective of a sit-in in protest of the unwillingness of the ruling party to clean our electoral rolls ahead of the general election," Jambun said.

7 comments:

  1. Daniel John Jambun should know better that they could not hold any gathering without permission.

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  2. The DBKK has generously allowed the Bersih Rally to be held in Padang Merdeka, but there are still black sheeps who chose to go against authority.

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  3. nasib baik di Sabah berlansung dgn aman dan tiada kekecohan.

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  4. Semua tempat di Sabah berlangsung dan berakhir dengan selamat

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  5. Semuanya berjalan dengan lancar, jadi tiada isu besar seperti yang berlaku di Peninsular. Tengok saja la respond kerajaan lepas Bersih 3.0

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  6. Menyokong BERSIH menandakan seseorang itu adalah kurang berfikiran dan menemui jalan buntu.

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  7. jika dalam masa beberapa tahun akan datang, Sabah semakin tidak aman, kita ramai2 salahkan parti pembangkang..

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