Malaysian Police Demonstrating Brute Force

Malaysian police squashed a demonstration Wednesday near the venue of the East Asia Summit, detaining six opposition activists protesting human rights abuses at home as well as in Myanmar and Thailand.

Police briefly scuffled with a handful of activists and snatched their banners before they could be unfurled in a small park, about 100 meters (yards) from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (near the Petronas Twin Towers) where Asian leaders were meeting.

Uniformed police also took away plastic boxes containing pamphlets denouncing the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which held summit meetings on Monday and Tuesday before hosting the East Asia Summit with six other countries on Wednesday.

"ASEAN leaders have sat for two days and discussed nothing on human rights," said Tian Chua, one of the six people detained, before he was led away.

"Today ASEAN has proved itself to be a club of dictators who refuse to listen to any form of criticism from its people," said Tian, spokesman for Malaysian opposition People's Justice Party.

The party had planned a public demonstration to protest against ASEAN's failure to secure the freedom of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to bring about democracy in that military-ruled country.

They also were protesting against alleged human rights abuses in Malaysia and in Thailand's southern provinces where the government is battling an Islamic insurgency.

Among those arrested were two women, one of whom was dragged to the ground as she shouted "police brutality, police brutality." All four were taken away in a police van.

Earlier, Zafar Ahmed, president of the Myanmar Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia said "Myanmar is a responsibility of all ASEAN countries.

"Release Aung San Suu Kyi ... and stop violation of human rights. Treat us with justice," he said.

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[slinkyjo]

Hey hey, don't take it too far. Hate Malay politics... not Malays... some Malays are like you and me, trapped and unsatisfied.

[keranicabuk22]

kudetube! no racist here.. kau melayu .. aku pun melayu.. tp kau bodoh..kau tak nampak ke mereka semua yg di tahan tu tak buat apa2 kesalahan, kau tak nampak ke penyerlewengan demi penyelewengan yg berlaku dalam negara sekarang, kau tak tau ker pemimpin guna duit kerjaan untuk sewa jet peribadi melancong ke luar negara, kau tak pernah pergi thailand ker tgk dia punya highway cemana.. highway cantik tol xder.. usa pun xde tol tau tak! bodo!

[oyen c'dan]

malaysia oh tanah air ku, tanah tmpt tumpah darah ku ..

negeri elok aman selalu, yg kupuja spanjang waktu ..

hpuskan komunis malaya yg ada ..

cina mkn babi ..

[muzhaffarmurtadza]

saya sayang malaysia dan saya sayang polis negara dan keamanan,tak suka duduk negara ini keluar dari negara ini,jaga jadi komunis moden...

[aqramllrocks]

grow up

[kamamuhammad]

ubah kerajaan. hancurkan regime BN

[MrZombs]

Malay, Chinese, Indians? wat, isn't they all human? why make it so complicated, stupid politic wake up, you're ignoring all the important part of building while you're playing racism. Wawasan 2020? eat shit

[sinnertwin7]

sadly,bad politicians involves A LOT of other races.

[sinnertwin7]

racism is not exclusive to one RACE. how can u guarantee that a certain ace would be corruption-free when they are in power? correuption knows NO RACE my friend. by the way, singapore advanced well due to its strategic location as an international shipping hub.. this goes back hundreds of years ago when the malays are in power.not to mention it is far easier to manage a country whose size is no bigger than malacca. THINK ABOUT IT

[lanangejagad]

PDRM=Polis DiRaja Malingsia

[pinoygayboy]

malingsia is racist country, thats how they treat minorities and those who oppose. they talk big at world forums calling on others to respect human rights , how hypocritical.

[hazardimmortal]

for me, Malaysia is the little brother of Israel.