5 arrested but Police say JERIT leaflet fine
POLICE SAY JERIT LEAFLET IS WITHIN THE LAWKluang, 7 December 2008
Signing in : Simpang Renggam 8am
This morning while we were giving the cyclist security briefing, one
young cyclist said, we are not worried about the slope, that we can
manage but we are more worried about police not allowing us to cycle.
His comment summed up how the cyclist felt on day one where the
cyclist were practically barred from cycling and leafleting.
The mission for JERIT's southern team on day two was that leaflet on
JERIT's demands must reach the people but the police seem to employ a
new strategy. They seem to say cycling is ok but not leafleting. The
police now tries to employ a tactic where they want the cyclist to
cycle without bringing in a political message. A campaign of cycling
perse without a message reaching the masses would make the JERIT
campaign a failure.
On the part of JERIT, we also had a new strategy on how to confuse the
police force and how to ensure the leaflet reach the people.
Anyway the day in Simpang Renggam turned up without any incident.
While the police were trailing the cyclist at every corner yet the
event was not disrupted. The Pakatan youths also helped control
traffic. It was an interesting ride. The first 2km was a ride to
Simpang Renggam and the town area. The cyclist then left the town and
moved on to Bandar Rengam , a small town. Most cyclist had a light
meal and proceeded to Kluang, for a 20km ride.
The 20km ride was not easy. The terrain with a "roller-coaster" meant
the cyclist had to pant and puff their way up. Many had to stop due
the stressful ride but many completed the difficult ride with a number
of breaks. All along the team of cyclist were accompanied by our own
outriders and security team.
Then 1 Km to Kluang, the police put up a special road block. The
entire team, from cyclist, the bus, the lorry and car were stopped by
the Kluang police. The police claimed that it was routine check but
the road block was removed immediately after the cyclist by passed it.
So much for routine check!
In Kluang , the team was greeted by PKR supporters and Comrade Lee
Sang who gave a warm welcome. Slogans were shouted to celebrate the
accomplishment. In the last few hours, the team completed more than
30km journey, something which was impossible the day before. Today the
policed were much more polite or rather they could not match the
spirit portrayed by JERIT and the cyclist team. The little thing they
did to frustrate the cyclist failed to dampen the spirit.
The cyclist then went round the Kluang town and finally were invited
to a classical coffee at Tan Lee Sing . The owner treated everyone for
free tea and food. The cyclist were tired but were treated well by the
host. Then we got news of the arrest of five of our people for
leafleting. Then arrested five were Cheng Lee Whee, Choo Shinn Chei,
Jed Yoong, Ang Pei Shan and Tan See Hor. This made us very angry . The
great day was about to be spoiled by another police arrest. The
security team then went to the Police station to confront the police
for their arrest. At the station, we were met by Radin- the acting
OCPD. He admitted that it was an arrest but said the five were taken
in for documentation purpose and assured us that they will be released
within 20 Minutes. The press arrived to cover this incident. The
police then released the five within the stipulated time…a record of
efficiency by the police who used to take ages to make a release.
One interesting aspect of the release were that the police said that
they have checked all the JERIT leaflet in three languages and found
the leaflet did follow proper regulation and returned all the
confiscated leaflet to those arrested. This was a major victory and a
mission accomplished. Day two, we manage to cycle and leaflet. It was
a victory compared to day one, when we were not allowed to do both
The cyclist cycled a longer distance, leaflets were distributed in
Simpang Renggang, Renggang, Kluang and Ayer Hitam. It was a day which
has a ceramah yet to held. The police have their Light Strike Force
ready while we are ready for anything. WE WILL MOVE ON
SIGNING OFF KLUANG 8PM 7-12-2008
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