Bersih 2.0 A Desire For Democracy

By Toh Kin Woon

August 2011 FEATURE
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The events surrounding the big rally held in Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere on July 9, 2011 exposed many things. The use of force by the police and the hard stand taken by the federal government left many stunned. However, the widespread support for this huge effort by civil society to reform the electoral system revealed a Malaysia transcending inherited boundaries of race, religion, gender… and fear.THOESE WHO PARTICIPATED IN, or followed developments leading to the gathering organised by Bersih 2.0...

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Toh Kin Woon

is a senior research fellow at the Penang Institute.

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