Sogo那一帶﹐最少有整萬人靜坐在街道上﹔3大民族排排坐﹐喊口號﹐唱唱歌。
旁邊的
Pakcik跟我說他覺得很欣慰﹐參與Bersih
3.0的華裔人數是Bersih2.0的至少好幾倍﹐當中有許多還是老年人﹐在籍學生﹐在家相夫教子的婦女﹐甚至還有許多參與者是帶著一家人支持出席的。
網上看到的照片就證明了一切﹐尤其以KLCC Stop Lynas Save Malaysia和Jalan
Sultan區出發的華裔人數更為驚人。(當然﹐我還是想說愛國是不分種族或宗教的。所以我才寫了I saw no Malays, I saw no
Chinese, I saw no Indians, I saw anak-anak Malaysia這幾行字)
接下來的事情﹐不像多說﹐因為我想大家都可以在網絡社教網站和網絡媒體看到428所發生的一切吧?無可否認﹐網絡上的東西是不能完全盡信﹐但是比起中國報﹐星洲日報﹐Utusan﹐ Berita Harian, The Star 等這些報章和Astro,TV3, ntv7﹐八度空間等電視臺所報導﹐網絡媒體至少道出了事情的真實性﹐而不是一直抹黑Bersih3.0﹐把Bersih3.0參與者說成暴民對警方施暴和合理化警方的暴力。Astro 這一次更刪除了BBC和AlJaZeera的部份新聞報導﹐還說這是他們的自由﹐人民不應該阻礙向新聞自由?我想﹐刪除故事真實性不是更下流﹐更加阻礙新聞自由嗎?
You can fool all the people some of the time, Some of the people all the
time, But you cannot fool all the people all the time. - Abraham
Lincoln 你可以在某一时间欺骗所有人； 也可以在所有时间欺骗某些人； 但你不可能在所有时间欺骗所有的人. -林肯
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwe Dagon pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2,500 years old. Burmese legend states that the site for the Shwe Dagon pagoda was asked to be revealed from an old nat who resided at the place where the Sule Pagoda now stands. The Sule Pagoda has been the focal point of both Yangon and Burmese politics. It has served as a rallying point in both the 1988 uprisings and 2007 Saffron Revolution. The pagoda is listed on the Yangon City Heritage List. (Source : Wikipedia)
Located at Maha Bandoola Road opposite to Town Hall and the Sule Pagoda, is St.Immanuel Baptist Church which is a testimony to the effects of missionaries in Myanmar during the colonial era.
The church itself is located in the upper floor and there are several other activity rooms in the lower part
The Supreme Court of Burma is the highest court in Burma (officially Myanmar). The former building, located between Maha Bandula Garden Street and Pansodan Street in Kyauktada Township, downtown Yangon, used to house the highest appeals court in Myanmar.(The new high court has been moved to Naypyidaw, the country's new capital since 2006.) Designed by architect James Ransome, construction of the High Court began in 1905 and was completed in 1911, and is noted for its British Queen Anne Style architecture, including its clock tower and its red-bricked exterior. The building is listed on the Yangon City Heritage List. Located near Yangon City Hall, the building faces the Independence Monument and the Maha Bandula Park. The rulings of the court are not always independent of the military government。 (Source : Wikipedia)
這建築物﹐跟我們吉隆坡的Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad很相似﹐可能都是英殖民地的關係吧﹐這兩座建築物都被用來當法院。
印像中﹐在我老家Kuala Lipis也有類似的建築物。
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