BERSIH 2.0 - beyond a million decibels ...

Drenched, tear-eyed, tired, exhausted, leg cramps and boisterous, it was all worth the effort. July 9 will go down in Malaysian history as the day the people (rakyat) stood united to be heard in a colossal manner. Never have I seen such an ocean of Malaysians from various groups and believes unite together to be heard. And I'm darn glad I was one of the thousands. 

BERSIH 2.0 was a success beyond it's simple reason. Many were thunderstruck to see a simple cause to bring justice to free and fair elections, grow into an event mired by tear-gas, police brutality, unwarranted arrest of unarmed civilians and the high handedness of the Malaysian Police force.

Many leaders were arrested including Ambiga, the chairperson of BERSIH 2.0.  Anwar Ibrahim (PR) got hurt from a canister aimed at him and was rushed to hospital.

The partisan crowd grouped in thousands and marched to the Stadium from various meet-points in Kuala Lumpur.

Khairi was tear-gassed and arrested as well. So much so for the Umno led Patriot group.

In a twist of event, PDRM (POLIS) allowed the growing congregating groups to march towards the iconic Stadium Merdeka after S. Sivarasa (PR) negotiated with the Polis and got them to grant the thousands to march on.

BERSIH 2.0 lived up to its motto by marching peacefully and handed the memorandum to the King.

Pictures courtesy of those from the rally, MT and FMT and many other sources.

 BERSIH 2.0 rally in Perth, Australia