Well, I did get a taste of the tear gas….but not even half as bad as some of those in the video did. Seriously.
The dogs in red helmets, enforcing their master’s will.
Yes, I was at the protest and I just got back. I am alright, even though I had to contend with a chokeful of tear-gas during the march, causing most of the participants to disperse. Getting the gas into your eyes and lungs is not something which you want to do. Seriously.
But I was proud to be there and battle-weary as I was, I think the GMP protest march did manage to meet its objective: to show the Western-influenced Barisan Nasional government that their implementation of the policy to teach English in Science and Mathematics is rejected by a significant majority of the masses.
As reported by Malaysiakini, I was at the scene of the standoff at around 6.45pm to 7.15pm, driving straight from TPM Bukit Jalil to the place after receiving a call from my mother telling me that “riots” had taken place there. The blogger in me overrode my sense of security and as it turned out, there were no riots, of course…just a huge crowd of residents trying to block the lorries from re-barricading the access road from Bandar Mahkota Cheras, with a strong FRU presence too.
But I’ll let the pictures do the talking….