Mummy's working weekend happened to be Bersih 2.0 rally. A rally of fellow Malaysian for a clean and fair election. A serious crackdown by the police force started 2 weeks earlier. Bersih 2.0 yellow T-shirts were confiscated, several VIP activists were captured and the worst part was the closure of major roads, supposedly to capture the wanted person.
Mummy was never interested in politics till the fateful date, 9July, the day of Bersih 2.0. Mummy was on the way to Summit Hotel in Subang, around 30 km from downtown KL and a very peaceful place, far away from the rally venue. The nightmare came when Mummy was about to reach Summit, 3 minutes away and there was a police block. A big group of police were there, on standby, just standing by and doing nothing at all. 5 lanes highway were narrowed to only 1 lane and the conjestion was horrible. Vehiches were trapped, crawling by inches, tension running high. Mummy was one of them, cramped like a sandwich, blood pressure rising and we started to honk and honk and honk. Unfortunately the noisy horn landed on the deaf ears of the police force. Only 2 policemen were working while the rest were just deep in conversation, smoking or laughing with their peers. It was terrible. Mummy took 1 hour, instead of 3 minutes to reach the destination. Many of us were the victims of the police block. We never had any intention to support the Bersih 2.0, but after the unfortunate event and victimised, we were left with not much choice.
May Malaysia has a better and fair election. Let us, the Malaysian decude fairly ... What a great working weekend ...
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