The Barisan Rakyat blogging team got into Taiping yesterday around 3pm, complete with our new look.
Front view of the new Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia t-shirt
With a simple message at the back
8pm last night, headed out to the Markas PAS at Air Kuning, for a briefing, together with the Perak bloggers.
Perak bloggers and BR bloggers at the briefing
Caught up with the Pakatan candidate at the Markas. Nizar addressed the bloggers shortly after
This morning, we were up and out of the hotel by 7.15am.
The plan was first to have a quick breakfast and then head out to the nomination centre.
No such luck.
The Pakatan crowd of supporters was already starting to make its presence felt, streaming towards the nomination centre, and the team was caught up in the mood of the morning.
Duke getting into the thick of the action
I estimated that about 30,000 were out there with Nizar this morning.
On another street parallel to that where the Pakatan supporters were slowly making their way to the nomination centre, the BN supporters were assembling to start their march to the nomination centre. I nipped over to take the following shots.
As I noted earlier, I made the number of Pakatan supporters at and around the nomination centre that spilt over on to a hillside and the road leading up to the centre at about 30,000. Some of the others in the team thought my figure was too modest.
The number of BN supporters?
I put it at about 3,000 – 5,000. Many in the team thought I had overstated their numbers.
I’ll leave you with the photos below and photos and two video clips posted by delCapo and let you try to make your own estimate.
The Pakatan crowd.
Part of the Pakatan crowd outside the nomination centre
Another segment of the Pakatan crowd outside the nomination centre
Del’s photos and video clips can be viewed HERE.
The People's Parliament 
Fair
March 29, 2009
Dear Haris,
Thanks for the excellent report, go get them guys !
LAT
March 29, 2009
Bro Haris,
Thanks to all you Barisan Rakyat-Bloggers’invaluable effort to travel far from KL and capture all these meaningful photos for us to view and indeed i feel very touched by the overwhelming support shown by PAS members ! As surely as the GOD is true, your effort will be truely rewarded when PR again won this battle by 80% majority. NO DOUBT NO FEAR !
Antares
March 29, 2009
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!! Boy, you guys know how to have FUN!!!! So proud of you all 🙂
StevenO
March 29, 2009
What a sight!!! A mix of different ethnicities with a nobel aim of booting out the corrupt BN!
Syabas Malaysia. Push on, you are almost there….
you are nearly boleh!! Thanks Haris for your contribution!
marie
March 30, 2009
hey haris, like the new t shirt. maybe when we do
meet again, get one myself. you did a job covering all
three sites. kduos
zach
March 30, 2009
We’re expectin good stuff from ur blog throughout the campaign, Mr Harris
BTW,where’s RPK?
Expect 2 see him wit u
4RAKYAT
March 30, 2009
DUA BUKIT, SATU BATANG.
IBLIS (BN) KALAH, RAKYAT (PR) MENANG.
4RAKYAT.
garfield city
March 30, 2009
Great pics. Simply overwhelming. By the way, you and gang, please take good care of your safety and enjoy all the same. Greeeeeeeeeaaaaaaat!
ken destino
March 30, 2009
A good sign for PR. Nizar is just great… he can anytime become the PM of the country. Good luck to PAS and good luck to PKR. Malaysia needs a change… a change for all. We are ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA.
Amir Hamzah bin Amha
March 30, 2009
please mail me some pics at amirhamzahamha@gmail.com; I will be sure to update my facebook as another channel to wage war and campaign for Pakatan!
Jong
March 30, 2009
Great shots guys! BN/UMNO looks errily uncomfortable with those green tidal waves are coming strong to bury them for good!
datoseri
March 30, 2009
excellent reporting!
thanks to barisan rakyat!
storm62
March 30, 2009
great work bro haris!
the chinese will pray to bury them next week in the 3 by-elections in conjunction with the “all souls day”.
tunabdulrazak
March 30, 2009
We may not have that many PR supporters on nomination day at Batang Ai, but definitely history was created when Dayaks, Chinese and Malays came in drove numbering more than 5000, suporting a Dayak candidate.
The PR spirit is indeed felt in Sarawak now.
keneoh
March 30, 2009
Dear Haris
Great pictures, wish I could be there to support PR.
Hope you are going to sell the great tee shirts at PR ceramahs, will get a friend to get me one. Keep up the good work with BR all the way.
wandererAUS
March 30, 2009
As a Chinese I used to feel indifferent to PAS, now
I no longer harbor any suspicion.
Matter of fact, I felt a sense of brotherhood with my muslim brothers.
If I am a Bukit Gantang voter, it is all the way for PAS without thinking twice.
Thanks BN scums, you make me a ANAK MALAYSIA!
malayamuda
March 30, 2009
the UMNO goons will use ” DERHAKA ” wch doesnt mean anything to make Nizar look bad………but i dont think the people of Taiping are going to buy it this time
W.Y.Tan
March 30, 2009
Seeing the pictures of the great Pakatan crowd, I am truly proud to be Malaysian! And I speak for all my Chinese, Malay and Indian friends!! May God keep them safe.
Eric Chua
March 30, 2009
Hi Harris,
Glad to see that all of you Anak Bangsa Malaysia are there helping out with the campaigning. Though we cannot be there but we would like to show our solidarity with all of you. Anyway we can order some of the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia t shirts for my family?
elifenet
March 30, 2009
Todays Star paper had reports on all the 3 by-elections. There were 9 pictures accompanying the reports on the inside pages.
ALL, every single one, were on BN’s candidates and supporters! Not a single one showed PR supporters.
sampang
March 30, 2009
I saw the sign. People Power !!
If million of eyes can see and yet you are
so blind ??
francis ngu
March 30, 2009
When I see the the sea of rakyat marching, I truly believe that the peoples’ struggle for Ketuanan Rakyat is homing in on the final stretch.
Which of BN leaders can today SPONTANEOUSLY command a support crowd of 3000, let alone 20-30,000 marching in support of our beloved Leader Nizar.
We now have torch bearers who have transformed themselves, the latest being Perakian leaders led by Nizar, from a leader of this and that party of a particular state, into a national icon of all Malaysians.
A peoples’ movement not seen for decades is moving forward with final decisive momentum with this triple by-elections.
Fast forward Malaysians, on both sides of the South China Sea !
Francis Ngu
Kuching
anak
March 30, 2009
Hey !
Beware of Rocky Bru !
Another evil reincarnation
http://rockybru.com.my/2009/03/bukit-gantang-by-election-anwar-vs.html
His blog topic:
Bukit Gantang by-election: Anwar vs the Sultan
mut
March 30, 2009
The paid crowds of UMNO sikit sangat! Takkan tak cukup nasi bungkus and t-shirt? Or maybe with inflation their offer not good enough?
Sekarang orang kampung pun dah pandai makan steak. UMNO kena la keluar duit lebih sikit. Takkan bayar rasuah kat AGM UMNO boleh, keluar duit untuk PRK tak boleh? Perjuangan apa macam ni?
johnny
March 30, 2009
Bro Haris, Thanks for you guys exclusive report from bkt gantang. Lets join forces and kick those bn goons out. We will always behind BR bloggers.
CHEERS!!
Ben
March 30, 2009
As always, our prayers for you and your team of Bangsa Malaysia in Batang Ai. May the good Lord protect you and keep you safe in all that you do and as we witness the fruits of your labour, we rejoice as one Banagsa Malaysia! Amen.
Kak long
March 30, 2009
Great, Bila kemenagan di tangan kita marilah kita berjanji kita tidak akan jadi seperti mereka.
chong
March 30, 2009
mana dapat beli t-shirt tu? 🙂
Gon
March 30, 2009
Looks like Mr Anwar has enough confidence in Mr Nizar that he can plan to spend more time at Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai. Nizar has the competency and ability to run the election campaign.
Judging from developments to date, it seems Bukit Selambau is in danger of being the weakest link in Pakatan Rakyat’s campaign. Too many self centred scumbags emerging as candidates, hoping to land a “windfall” of being handsomely bought off by UMNO-BN to stand down in the bye-elections, or if they hit the “big number” winning the bye-elections, a 5 million ringgit instant “lottery prize”!
jb
March 30, 2009
Malaysians should leave no doubts to BN that their days are numbered.
For the die-hard BN supporters, please note that you are supporting a corrupt regime, and there is no question of doubt about that. What a shame on you.
lulu
March 30, 2009
hi haris and team,
hope the team will also be attending the BN ceramahs.
we need to check if there are still any ahmad ismail types out there spewing their pendatang ideology.
take care, all of you,
lulu
S.Ganesan
March 30, 2009
Thank for the shot first hand. your gangs work for Bangsa Malaysia should be supported by all right thinking people. The ultimate goal is to unite all mankind.This is the first step in the right direction to unite all Malaysians after 50 years of Merdeka. We true Malaysians are behind you.Thanks for making me think as Malaysian. Takecare Brothers, we need your input to win this and future elections for Truly Malaysian than we can think of Truly Asian.
chong
March 30, 2009
perakians, don’t forget to go the the UMNO ceramah and ask the following questions:
1 – Kenapa Najib tidak disiasat seperti Anwar?? (merujuk kepada kes pembunuhan Altantuya Shariibuu)
2 – Kenapa Najib tidak siasat dan jelaskan bagaimana C4 boleh terlepas keluar dari kawalan tentera??? (sedangkan beliau adalah Menteri Pertahanan semasa kes itu berlaku)
3 – Kenapa sewaktu YB Gobind Singh menggelar Najib pembunuh di parlimen, Najib bertindak untuk keluar dari dewan persidangan dan tidak menafikan gelaran tersebut??
4 – Kenapa Najib tidak mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap wartawan Perancis yang memberi bukti tentang kes pembunuhan Altantuya???
5 – Kenapa apabila RPK memberi bukti tentang penglibatan Najib, Najib tidak disiasat dan RPK pula yang ditahan di bawah ISA??
6 – Kenapa Najib berdalih kononnya beliau tidak mengenali Saiful Bukhari tetapi kemudiannya Najib mengaku beliau ada berjumpa Saiful di rumah dan pejabat TPM??
7 – Kenapa Najib tidak berani dirinya dibicarakan di mahkhamah untuk membuktikan beliau tak bersalah??
8 – kenapa kerajaan bisu saja apabile akhbar France menyabitkan najib dlm pembunuhan altantuya & rasuah pembelian kapal selam???
“ps: above questions quoted from a penangite.”
Beetle
March 30, 2009
The excitememnt has started again with nomination for three by elections yesterday.
Will the rakyat give a lanslide victory to the PR candidate? I certainly hope so.
This is another opportunity to show umno/bn that the rakyat is not happy after 5o years of bn ruling and they has had enough of bn’s corruption,injustice and unfairness.
Let’s all come together as Malaysian regardless of race and religion to show the corrupt umno/bn the exit door.
Syabas,Bangsa Malaysia.
liew
March 30, 2009
if there is no such case [altantuya] why our DPM didnt sommon the france newspaper
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
March 30, 2009
Dearest brother Sam,
Thanks for the excellent reporting & pictures, it made my day coz I’m stuck here in KL on business and unable to be present with you folks. Nevertheless, awesome job indeed and keep up with the fantastic job bro…
By the way, I need to badly get my hands on the new Tee and replace my old one. In fact, people at the rest area of Tapah were happy to see the old Tee during my trip yesterday.
Regards,
Christopher
arah
March 30, 2009
My dear Harris
Thank you for an excellence reporting and photos.It really very informative for guy like me, working in the desert of Saudi.
Insyaallah this Thursday and Friday I will pray infront the Kaabah so that Almighty God the Creator will help and win all the Barisan Rakyat Candidates against the corrupted BN.
Next week I will fly back to help Ir Haji Nizar Jamaluddin and Barisan Rakyat to win,Insyaallah.
May Allah give the best to all Malaysian.
AMEEN