(Clicking on the picture of RPK behind bars will take you directly to the petition)
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Helen Ang has a challenge for all of you :
The petition is hitting 30,000. Can People’s Parl give it a final push today and tomorrow, so that we can send a 50,000 big birthday card to RPK on Sept 27?
All those of us who’ve signed, pls get ONE more person to do the same.
I would agree that the Zaid paragraph could have been better framed but I believe it was written from the HEART.
Next week, then, we put our HEADS together and pull together a co-ordinated (under-one-roof) programme to pressure for RPK’s release. But for now — today and tomorrow — just go for 50,000-thinking-of-them as a morale booster to Raja Petra and all the others in Kamunting, for whom we’re lighting a candle this weekend.
PLS PASS THE WORD!
JustMOI
September 26, 2008
“All those of us who’ve signed, pls get ONE more person to do the same.”
Just ONE I got at least 100 to sign it
JustMOI
September 26, 2008
Sad Birthday
Free RPK my Hero
nspirasi
September 26, 2008
come on brethren…
WE can do it!!!
not only will it strengthen RPKs resolve in his time of torment…
we will be sending a very clear message to the govt that the masses are gathering strength…and soon overwhelm them with our political might!!!
be not afraid brethren…evil tho the govt is..
THEY CANT SEND ALL OF US TO KAMUNTING!!!!
ps. lets maintain this pressure…until the ISA can be used for the abusers themselves!!!
Truth Shall Prevail
September 26, 2008
Done Haris Bhai
Tried to get 30000 but missed it by one 29999.
Nevermind I already got more than 300 names.
AWAITING ORDERS
Siew Eng
September 26, 2008
An easy-peasy thing to do: We can also send Raya cards addressed to RPK but delivered to the Home Ministry/Kamunting camp/PM’s Office, etc. to remind the government that while they ceria sangat berseronok makan, bergaul, etc., they detained a man without giving him a fair trial, depriving him of his liberty.
woodyooi
September 26, 2008
Dear Haris,
Collection of pictures .. RPK with animated candlelight.. feel free to use and distribute them.
http://woodyooi.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/raja-petra-kamaruddin/
This flame and beacon of freedom shall be with us for many years to come.
-woody
banjol
September 26, 2008
What do you plan to achieve with the petition? Even if you got 50k singnatures, do you think the PM will care?
Be realistic lah, you need to be more objective. Do you think by sitting by the computer and getting people to sign petition will help get RPK released? Why not spend some time to study how others do it successfully?
Kinsyng
September 26, 2008
haris,
I noticed that some of the names entered in the petition are not full name as per IC such as francis, david, ishak, cykok… are these acceptable?
jz wondering.
I am sure the organisers of this petition will tidy it up before it s sent in.
I did the same for the petition to the Agong
delcapo
September 26, 2008
damn…. ramadan, bday AND looks like raya in detantion!
c u guys at Dataran Merderka tomorrow…. bring more cnadles!
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http://delcapo.wordpress.com/
Malaysian Wannabe Again
September 26, 2008
RPK’s Birthday card was FedEx yesterday and I received confirmation that it was delivered today. Love their service. Hang the expense. Just need RPK to know that he has supporters across the oceans.
Marina and family, please know that our invisible presence are there with you, protecting you and praying that your beloved RPK will be home with you soon.
Got another 5 more people to sign.
SocratesI a.k.a. K. O. Chin
September 26, 2008
Hi Haris,
I usually read and post comments on MT and I had an idea which one or two of the other commentators thought was a great idea to put tremendous international pressure on the M’sian Govt. to FREE RPK !
We start an Ombudsman and VOTE for RPK to be its Chairman. Once that is done, we let the World know that the Govt. has arrested our Ombudsman Chairman under the Draconian and Undemocratic ISA.
This should result in an international furore and it might just work. What do you think ?? Can we use your Blog and start the Ombudsman as soon as possible ??
SocratesI
panca
September 26, 2008
Brothers,
Please Put our hands together and stand up for this petition-online campaign. This is a “Birthday Signature” for you to show that you care for YM RPK!
ngski
September 26, 2008
Happy birthday, RPK. We miss you, but it won’t be for long. Look after yourself as best as you can. Don’t let the zombies break you. Take a leaf from Haris Ibrahim and only engage in passive resistance.
Do you see the Hand of retribution? Khairy has arrogantly announced that he had come (Permatang Pauh) to bury Anwar Ibrahim politically.
Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. Khairy has willed it upon himself, and soon it will come to pass that we will see the burial of Badawi, Khairy, Umno and the ISA.
Let the People’s Parliament write their obituaries.
V T R
September 26, 2008
Happy Birthday to you Sir.
May god Bless you and your family.
Take Care
pedro
September 26, 2008
Woody says
” woodyooi Says:
September 26, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Dear Haris,
Collection of pictures .. RPK with animated candlelight.. feel free to use and distribute them.
http://woodyooi.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/raja-petra-kamaruddin/
This flame and beacon of freedom shall be with us for many years to come.”
Many of us use YM, Skype, Hotmail. lets put the above pictures etc as our backgrounds etc. Let us all unite in that respect.
Pedro
SJ
September 26, 2008
Happy birthday big guy RPK.You have a big heart that wants to see all malaysians are treated equal irrespective race or religion.We always stand by you.
SocratesI
September 26, 2008
Raja Petra Kamarudin
A FEARLESS PATRIOT IN OUR MIDST
After reading at length Haris Ibrahim’s take on whether we, the readers & commentators of Malaysia Today, have misrepresented ourselves to our beloved RPK, and having done much soul searching, my conclusion is spelt out below.
Raja Petra Kamarudin being Raja Petra Kamarudin would have continued with his crusade against Injustice, Inequality, Corruption, Abuse of Power, and Cover-Ups by the Powers-that-be, and his fight for Free Speech, Civil Rights, the Poor, the Down-Trodden, and those too weak to defend themselves, whether or not anyone encouraged or “egged” him on or not.
That is the power of FAITH of a True Muslim who holds fast to his Islamic Principles, and a MAN who fears nothing, and answers to no one, but God. That describes Pete’s character in a nutshell pretty succinctly. He speaks out against the people in power fearlessly, knowing full well these unprincipled beasts dressed in human clothing would retaliate using all the arsenal at their disposal, including the Devil’s own invention, the Internal Security Act, which has no place in a Democratic country and in Civil Society, as it gives Dictatorial Power to these unprincipled animals to Abuse and incarcerate without trial, Upright and Outstanding Citizens like Raja Petra Kamaruddin who poses no security threat to anyone, let alone the country.
This travesty of Justice as used by Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar and his Ministry’s minions, the Police Special Branch, called the ISA, must be repealed IMMEDIATELY and ALL detainees under the ISA should be either freed, or charged in court under due legal process. No one in a democratic country like what Malaysia professes to be, should be subjected to abuse under the ISA where any citizen can be detained without charges just by the police, or some dictatorial Minister or even Prime Minister, at their mercy. This is a blatant travesty of Justice.
Enough digression on the ISA issue. This is about our FOLK HERO, Raja Petra, after all. It is people like Pete, who is the conscience of Malaysia and Malaysian society, who keep our faith in humanity intact. No doubt, he must have experienced some disappointment at not achieving the number of petitioners for both the Agong’s petition and the Free RPK and other ISA detainees’ petition, but that would not have stopped him in his Noble Quest of walking the straight and narrow path of TRUTH, and the expression of it.
In Pakistan, the people would have come out in droves, on the streets, to defend their democratic rights to freedom and an independent Judiciary, but these are people who dared to secede from a country based on their religious beliefs, and form their own country. Not so Malaysians who are mainly immigrants from Indonesia, China, and India, who either ran away from hardship at home, or from despotic governments. Malaysians are not built the same way as Pakistanis or Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Thais, or others who have stayed and fought for their rights.
These Malaysians are peace-loving middle class types who just want to make a decent enough living for their families and don’t like suffering any type of hardships. Recently, this has been threatened by the massive corruption that is going on in Malaysia and the huge increase in the cost of living. Suddenly, their middle-class world came crashing down like a house of cards, and that is when the Tsunami of March 8th 2008 happened, and the Permatang Pauh by-election underlined the feelings of the common Malaysian.
Voting anonymously and having no fear of direct repercussions emboldens even cowards to come forward and be counted, literally, and this was reflected in the two polls, at the GE and at the PP by-election.
But to get these same people to come out with their names and IC numbers, or even their names and email addresses, to back these most worthy petitions was probably too much to expect. These same people would bypass Govt. blocks to read Malaysia Today, and to comment under pseudonyms, but would not jeopardize their “rice bowl” of their families by risking being identified by the authorities and the government of the day, and put out to pasture prematurely. These same people who vociferously support Raja Petra and Malaysia Today cannot be trusted upon to stand forth and be counted when the chips are down.
As statistics show, only 26,000 or so have the guts to put their signatures and names where their mouths were and are, out of 1,000,000 plus Malaysia Today readers, and that is the sorry state of Malaysia and Malaysians, today! As the Law Minister who resigned in protest over the use of the ISA on Malaysian citizens, Zaid Ibrahim pointed out at the court house on the 23rd Sept. at Pete’s transfer to Kamunting when our sorry excuse of a Home Minister signed those papers for the transfer, Malaysia sorely needs more people like Raja Petra, who dare to speak up and speak out. However, these same people who have done nothing to jeopardize their rice bowls, will be more than willing to be heard and make their presence felt at the next GE. They just have no stomachs for suffering or even the possibility of suffering for themselves and their families, by disclosing their identities and standing proudly for what they secretly believe in, in petitions, or demonstrations.
We have to live with this Malaysian psyche, like it or not, though the younger generation has shown much more guts, and become more vocal in Malaysian society. The future looks much brighter with the enlightened youth of today, and much of the thanks have to go to Raja Petra, and people like him, who have stood Unwaveringly for their principles and the TRUTH, to enlighten all Malaysians and foreigners to what is actually happening in Malaysia.
Raja Petra is a True Son of Malaysia and a Malaysian Patriot that all Malaysians can be proud of, whether or not they agree with his views. He stands for what he believes in, and is willing to go to jail under the Draconian ISA for what he stands for. A Towering Malaysian for our younger generation to emulate, and aye, even for the older generation, too, and especially those who only find their guts when the elections come round.
If I were part of Raja Petra’s family, I would hold my head up HIGH and be the proudest person in the world to have a patriarch like Raja Petra, and to have the opportunity to support him through all his challenges. We are in a way Raja Petra’s extended family and I would ask that we do what we can to help free Raja Petra from the clutches of the Devil, the ISA, by proactively signing the petition to free him. Throw your caution to the winds and sign. Whatever your religion, do you believe that we are here on Earth just to live for four score years and die for nothing?? Let us do something that is Right and Good, so that at the end of our four score years on Earth, we have something to show our Maker. Here is the petition address http://www.petitiononline.com/isa1234/petition.html
Just SIGN IT ! Only your email address is needed. Go and register a new one for this if you must, but sign it, and get your family members to sign it as well as your friends. For the sake of our Patriot & Towering Malaysian, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, let him be FREE and walk in our midst once more.
elizabeth
September 26, 2008
My husband just signed.
Albert Bala
September 27, 2008
You are not alone. God is always with you when injustice is done against you. Don’t worry as God will send his people to protect you & your family.
Please take care.I know what is to be alone.God Bless
yh
September 27, 2008
happy birthday RPK. God will send Al-Blur one day to the freaking sin bin together with Najib and Rosmah. Just be patient. RPK.
Go!Malaysian...
September 27, 2008
27 September 2008
Hari ini adalah Hari Jadi Blogger Terkenal dan juga Mangsa Kekejaman ISA, Raja Petra Kamarudin.
Saya berharap agar RPK dibebaskan secepat mungkin!
RPK Malaysian will stand behind you!
http://gomalaysian.blogspot.com/2008/09/27-september-2008-today-is-raja-petra.html
michael toh
September 27, 2008
Happy Birthday to you our Hero. Keep calm and focus. Go for tranquility through meditation. You are only temporarily there. Make the best of your confinement by reflecting of yourself to be more useful when you are out. You are impeccable. We are with you. Tell Marina that we support her and children in your absence. If she needs material help just let us know.
a.s.francis
September 27, 2008
happy birthday RPK. god bless u and gives u strenth in ur difficult times. we are with u. we will remember u all the days, till ur release from isa. be courageous…
Yen
September 27, 2008
Dear Haris,
I have a query on petition classification.
Some of them require true name and NRIC,
and some not. Is the latter would be less credibility?
Could you provide explaination to my email,
can’t always check your over-whelming respons
in this blog. It’s fine if you’re too busy
for this request.
Yen,
My 2 sen.
A petition where the signatories are verifiable must, of necessity, be more credible.
hanisma
September 27, 2008
YM RPK, SABAR itu adalah separuh daripada IMAN! Put your full trust and faith in ALLAH SWT. He’ll detemine the rest for you. AMAR MAARUF, NAHI MUNGKAR!!
HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY & SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI!!!
Guwi Min Chuan
September 27, 2008
happy birthday RPK.
Drachen
September 27, 2008
The petition is near 32,000 at the moment. Since anybody can sign, I’ve invited my foreign friends as well. There’s nothing to stop it from hitting millions if anybody on this planet can participate.
Ecila Sumil
September 27, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Yang Amat Mulia Raja Petra.
I do hope that you are not being “Brain-Washed” by those brainwasher inside the house of torture!!!!
Please be strong and hang-on for a while more,all your millions of followers are putting heads together to bebas you ASAP!!!!
May God’s shining light be with you always,esp to your family,who are going thru a very trying times.
Marina and children,May Peace be with you all,and May God Bless,Guard,Guide and Protect you and family always.
Happy Birthday RPK.We all miss you.
Please come out in 1 piece ok,you need to counter attack those who have put you to HELL!!!!
Chang Keng Hieng
September 27, 2008
happy birthday & freedom soon…!!
foong yue kee
September 27, 2008
Pray hard and have faith. Deliverence day will come.
Regards.
Palaniappan
September 27, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. BY GOD’S GRACE YOU WILL BE OUT SOON WITH THE OTHERS.
Joseph Lim
September 27, 2008
Hi everyone out there who haven’t signed the petition. You are not doing justice to your children if this law is not thrown out. Don’t always think that there is no reason for the government to use it on you or any of your family members. I warn you that we live in a very unpredictable world. Look at how our thought process changed in time…so will your children. They may not be what you want them to be when they grow up. How the world will influence them is anybody’s guess. You will regret this moment if they are ISAed for doing a noble cause and you haven’t sign this petition. Do it, if not for yourself, for your children’s generation. Stand up and be counted.
choot choot train
September 27, 2008
written by Victory or Death, September 27, 2008 01:59:45
Dear All,
Let’ get 1 million signatures.RPK deserve more than 1 million signatures.
Why is it that nobody started a chain sms to ask each recipient to forward the sms to at least 10 other persons? Did nobody think of this?
Since nobody did it, may I suggest that we all do it immediately starting now.
I think we can gwt a millilon in no time if we do this.
What say you people out there?
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ian
September 27, 2008
Happy Birthday RPK, we are with you.
http://iwfrpk.blogspot.com/
Chong Nyuk Meng
September 27, 2008
Thanks for your sacrifice. You are a true Malaysian hero. May God bless you on your birthday. Every day I pray for your release, and for your health and safety. Freedom soon!
lee kok keong
September 27, 2008
Happy Birthday RPK,take good care.
Garry Cheong
September 27, 2008
I am lighting a candle here – in Manila – for my hero!
Long live RPK! Many happier returns of the day.