An unserious look by the jolly Philippine Onion and Uniffors . And Journal of the Jester in Exile . After Pakistan the democratic or pseudo democratic dominoes continue to fall. Public meetings have been banned. Literally it means a provocation but with elements of stunt and dirty trick . Mr Saakashvili and his allies in government already have a strong electoral mandate. Big demonstrations do not necessarily trump that. The country s economic regulatory and military reforms have been by any standard a stunning success. But other aspects are troubling. He is keener on building a functioning state than building a democracy. Police said they had arrested at least a dozen protesters demanding change and an end to corruption. There were no reports that people had been hurt. Popular websites were jammed apparently by government allied cyber jammers. Others listed as voters were as young as eight years old. The ruling coalition outspent the opposition massiv! ely and others charged also bused in voters. That brought Kuala Lumpur s always chaotic traffic to a standstill and nearly paralyzed the city. Protesters abandoned vehicles and streamed toward the city center. It also happens to be the color for Malaysia s royalty. It now looks like a red herring to divert police deployment of force. Verbal exchanges ensued with wheelchair bound Irene Fernandez of Tenaganita adding spice to the verbal volleys. Police back up were ordered with truckloads of uniformed enforcers rushing to the spot. Traffic personnel were seen directing the crowd to cross the road safely. Finally Anwar arrived on the pillion seat of a big bike. The delegation was however prevented from entering the palace compound. Minutes later the memo was ultimately delivered at the gate received by an Agong s secretary. The crowd dispersed peacefully in much the same way they had walk from the starting point of the route. Incidentally the BERSIH rally remained ! top news of the hour every hour since . pm on Al Jazeera Internationa l today. pm bulletins over Astro Channel . There will be a live crossover with Anwar Ibrahim during the . pm prime time news tonight. million fund maintained by Samsung. That has now grown to trillion won according to Kim and the association. That involved Samsung Everland which controls the group itself through links that include . percent of Samsung Life Insurance and holdings in other group affiliates. Lee Jae yong is alleged to have bought . million Samsung Everland shares at W US . per share a pittance compared to the trading price of W at the time. The international wire services have been reluctant to run the story as well without independent confirmation. However the growing legions of Korea s bloggers are having a field day with it. Other opinions on the same tragedy are at The Equalizer and blogAWB Holdings .
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