A scheduled mass assembly at Dataran Merdeka by Bersih to submit a memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which the police refused to permit, has resulted in road blocks being set up throughout the Peninsular Malaysia and water cannons as well as FRU trucks being deployed to the scene to disperse the expected 100,000 crowd.

While I was driving from Teluk Intan to Petaling Jaya this morning, I have encountered two road blocks, one at the Kampung Ayer Hitam junction at Route 58 and another just before the junction turning into the North-South Expressway (NSE) via Bidor interchange. At both road blocks, the policemen on duty took a peek into the car, watching everything and everyone inside before allowing drivers to proceed.

Along the NSE, I’ve seen water cannons and FRU trucks heading towards Kuala Lumpur.

The police should allow the assembly and march to proceed as it is a peaceful assembly anyway. Instead of setting up roadblocks everywhere, they should have spend the time to prevent crime from happening!