David Cameron: Police admit they got riots wrong

David Cameron: 'The tactics the police were using weren't working'The police admitted they got their riot tactics wrong, the prime minister has said, as he announced measures to help homeowners and businesses.



David Cameron told MPs the riots in cities across England were "criminality pure and simple", but there were "far too few police" on the streets.



He announced a crackdown on facemasks and a review of curfews during an emergency recall of Parliament.



More than 1,500 arrests have been made since the unrest began on Saturday.



The prime minister earlier chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra to discuss the violence with cabinet ministers. Mr Cameron told MPs that it had become clear there had been problems in the initial police response to the disorder.



Former Cabinet minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind also raised concerns that officers were instructed to "stand and observe looting".



Mr Cameron told MPs: "There were simply far too few police deployed on to our streets and the tactics they were using weren't working.



"Police chiefs have been frank with me about why this happened.



"Initially the police treated the situation too much as a public order issue - rather than essentially one of crime.



"The truth is that the police have been facing a new and unique challenge with different people doing the same thing - basically looting - in different places all at the same time."



The prime minister promised he would do "whatever it takes" to restore order to the streets as he set out a range of measures aimed at helping businesses and homeowners affected by the riots.



They included:



To look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via social media when "we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality"

Plans to look at whether wider powers of curfew and dispersal orders were needed

New powers for police to order people to remove facemasks where criminality is suspected

Courts could be given tougher sentencing powers

Landlords could be given more power to evict criminals from social housing

Plans to extend the system of gang injunctions across the country and build on anti-gang programmes, similar to those in the US

He said the government would meet the cost of "legitimate" compensation claims and the time limit for applying would increase from 14 to 42 days

A £10m Recovery Scheme to provide additional support to councils in making areas "safe, clean and clear"

A new £20m high street support scheme to help affected businesses get back up and running quickly

Plans for the government to meet the immediate costs of emergency accommodation for families made homeless



He said: "This is a time for our country to pull together.



"To the law abiding people who play by the rules, and who are the overwhelming majority in our country, I say: the fightback has begun, we will protect you, if you've had your livelihood and property damaged, we will compensate you. We are on your side.



"And to the lawless minority, the criminals who have taken what they can get, I say this: We will track you down, we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish you. You will pay for what you have done."



Mr Cameron ruled out bringing in the Army, but added: "It is my responsibility to make sure that every contingency is looked at - including whether there are tasks that the Army could undertake that would free up more police for the front line."



He said a reinforced police presence of 16,000 officers on the streets of London would remain in place over the weekend.

Police cuts



On Wednesday a deputation of Labour MPs from London went to the Home Office to demand a "moratorium" on plans to reduce numbers in the Metropolitan Police.



And in the Commons, Labour leader Ed Miliband repeated their calls to reconsider police cuts in the wake of the riots.



He said: "The events of the last few days have been a stark reminder to us all that police on our streets make our communities safer and make the public feel safer.



"Given the absolute priority the public attaches to a visible and active police presence, does the prime minister understand why they would think it is not right that he goes ahead with the cuts to police numbers?



"Will he now think again on this issue?"



Mr Cameron insisted the cuts were "totally achievable" without any reduction in the visible policing presence on the streets.



"At the end of this process of making sure our police budgets are affordable, we will still be able to surge as many police on to the streets as we have in recent days in London, in Wolverhampton, in Manchester," he said.



"I think it's important people understand that."



BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Lib Dem sources had told him there is "absolute coalition unity" on reducing police budgets and the cuts will not be reversed.



Meanwhile, Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, has told the BBC its members have voted unanimously to hold an inquiry into the causes of the riots.



It will also look at the role of social networking, the police response and police resources.



Today marks the second time in less than a month that MPs have been recalled for an emergency session - the first was for the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World newspaper.



In other developments:



More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose any benefits they receive

Up to 250 officers were sent from Scotland to help police in the Midlands and North of England deal with rioting and disorder

Police in London say they have more than 100 arrest warrants to work through "in the coming hours and days"

The government launches a website with advice to the public on how to cope with the unrest

Saturday's Premier League match between Tottenham and Everton at White Hart Lane has been postponed



Meanwhile, the Met Police have made a total of 922 arrests and charged 401 people in connection with violence, disorder and looting in the capital since Saturday night.



More than 330 people have been arrested in the West Midlands and a further 140 people have been arrested so far over the trouble in Manchester and Salford.



Courts sat through the night in London, Manchester and Solihull in the West Midlands to deal with people arrested during the four nights of disturbances, with those appearing in court mainly facing disorder and burglary charges.



Mr Cameron said anyone convicted of violent disorder would be sent to prison.



But Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh said some officers who had been on the streets had voiced disappointment at the sentences handed out so far.



Mr Kavanagh added that there had since been "constructive conversations" between the home secretary, the Met commissioner and the courts.



London Mayor Boris Johnson praised the police, and insisted the authorities were not "complacent" despite the violence subsiding.



Met Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin paid tribute to his "brave" officers after the meeting, saying they had "faced unprecedented violence and damage and criminality and looting" and that "any suggestion the officers stood back is wrong".



A candle-lit vigil has been held for Haroon Jahan, 21, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, who died when they were hit by a car in Birmingham on Tuesday night.



Police have been given more time to question a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murder.



Mr Cameron said the deaths were "truly dreadful" and offered his condolences to the men's families.



The riots first flared on Saturday after a peaceful protest in Tottenham over the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, 29, by police.



Mr Cameron told MPs his death was being investigated "thoroughly and independently" by the police watchdog.

Charla Nash's new face revealed after US chimp attack

Charla Nash said she looks forward to being able to eat, smell and kiss relatives

A picture of a US woman who underwent face transplant surgery after being savaged by a chimpanzee in 2009 has been revealed for the first time.



Images of Charla Nash were aired on NBC's Today show and released by the hospital where she had surgery in May.



The 57-year-old lost her nose, lips, an eyelid and her hands when the animal, which was kept by a friend as a pet, attacked her. She was also left blind.



Ms Nash said she now looked forward to "things I once took for granted".



She did not appear on the NBC programme as relatives said she was too weak to do an interview.

Hands removed



But she said in Thursday's statement: "I will be able to smell. I will be able to eat normally. I will no longer be disfigured." Ms Nash said she was excited at the prospect of being able to "kiss and hug loved ones" and was very grateful to the doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts, where the surgery took place.



Ms Nash had also been given two new hands but they later had to be removed due to complications.



She was attacked in February 2009 by a friend's 200lb (95kg) pet chimpanzee, known as Travis, for 12 minutes after the animal's owner asked Ms Nash to help bring it back inside her house in Connecticut.



The attack left Ms Nash without eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was

The competing arguments used to explain the riots

Many theories have been posited about the underlying causes of the riots in England - from moral decay to excessive consumerism. Here two criminologists give their views on some of the arguments

Era of the PC 'coming to a close'

PCs are going the way of typewriters, vinyl records and vacuum tubes, one of the engineers who worked on the original machine has said.



The claim was made in a blog post commemorating 30 years since the launch of the first IBM personal computer.



No longer, said Dr Mark Dean, are PCs the leading edge of computing.



No single device has taken the PC's place, he said, instead it has been replaced by the socially-mediated innovation it has fostered.



While IBM was not the first to produce a personal computer, the launch of the 5150 on 12 August 1981 established standards and a design around which many desktop machines have since been built.

'Powerful impact'



"When I helped design the PC, I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline," wrote Dr Dean, an IBM engineer who worked on the development of the 5150 and owns three of the nine patents for it.



He revealed that he had already moved into the post-PC era as his primary computer was now a tablet.



Dr Dean does not deny that PCs will still be "much used" in the future but are no longer the force for innovation they once were.



Instead, he said, it was the interaction they enable that was driving efficiencies in the workplace and changes in society.



"It's becoming clear that innovation flourishes best not on devices but in the social spaces between them, where people and ideas meet and interact," he wrote.



He added: "It is there that computing can have the most powerful impact on economy, society and people's lives."



Microsoft also marked the anniversary of the unveiling of the 5150 with a blog considering the changes it had brought about.



Instead of talking about a post-PC era, Microsoft's Frank Shaw said the near future should be regarded as a PC-plus era given that more than 400 million personal computers are set to be sold in 2011.



Personal use of computers had spread beyond a desktop machine to game consoles, mobiles and on screens all around us, said Mr Shaw.



The future will see billions more going online and reaping the benefits of closer contact with computers, he said.



The changes initiated by the PC was "just getting started," he added.

Nottingham district judge hits out at riot sentences

A district judge dealing with cases relating to disorder in Nottingham has said people should speak to the government if sentences seemed lenient.



Tim Devas, district judge at Nottingham Magistrates Court, also told Craig Cave, 26, of Burrows Avenue, Beeston, to "sort his life out".



Cave was found guilty of obstructing the police and was fined £60.



Mr Devas went on to ask Cave if he now felt ashamed about being one of the "hundreds of yobbos" arrested.

'Scum' tag



Addressing Cave at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, Judge Devas said: "Let me give you a piece of worldly advice. Get a life, sort yourself out.



"Don't you feel ashamed that you are now counted among the hundreds of yobbos arrested and now considered as scum by the public?"



He went on to address the court in general, saying: "If there are any criticisms of sentences handed down by the courts, if you want anyone to blame, then go and speak to the government.



"Do not blame the judges or the magistrates who do their jobs professionally and abide by the guidelines set down."



So far, 105 people have been arrested and more than 60 have been charged after two nights of disorder in Nottingham.



The arrests include an 11-year-old girl who admitted criminal damage and attempted criminal damage and was given a nine-month referral order.



Three remand courts have been working extra hours to process those in custody.

German etiquette group targets workplace kissing

A society in Germany which advises on etiquette and social behaviour has called for kissing to be banned in the workplace.



The Knigge Society says the practice of greeting colleagues and business partners with a kiss on the cheek is uncomfortable for many Germans.



The society's chairman, Hans-Michael Klein, says he has received concerned emails from workers on the issue.



He advises people in the workplace to stick to the traditional handshake.We can't forbid [kissing in the workplace]," he told the BBC.



"But we have to protect people who don't want to be kissed. So we are suggesting that if people don't mind it, they announce it with a little paper message placed on their desk".



Mr Klein said he had received 50 emails this year alone on the rise of kissing on the cheek - sometimes both cheeks - as a greeting at work.



"People say this is not typical German behaviour," he said.



"It has come from places like Italy, France and South America, and belongs in a specific cultural context. We don't like it, they say."



The society held a meeting on the issue, and carried out a survey of people both on the street and at their seminars, he said.



"Most people said they didn't like it. They feel there is somehow an erotic aspect to it - a form of body contact which can be used by men to get close to a woman."



He said there is, in Europe, a "social distance zone" of 60cm (23in) which should be observed.



"Knigge" translates as "proper behaviour", and the society is based in a castle 80km from Dortmund in western Germany.



It has reportedly previously ruled on the correct way to end a relationship via text message, and how to deal with a runny nose in public.

Animal's genetic code redesigned

Researchers say they have created the first ever animal with artificial information in its genetic code.



The technique, they say, could give biologists "atom-by-atom control" over the molecules in living organisms.



One expert the BBC spoke to agrees, saying the technique would be seized upon by "the entire biology community".



The work by a Cambridge University team, which used nematode worms, appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.



The worms - from the species Caenorhabditis elegans - are 1mm long, with just a thousand cells in their transparent bodies.



What makes the newly created animals different is that their genetic code has been extended to create biological molecules not known in the natural world.



Genes are the DNA blueprints that enable living organisms to construct their biological machinery, protein molecules, out of strings of simpler building blocks called amino acids.



Just 20 amino acids are used in natural living organisms, assembled in different combinations to make the tens of thousands of different proteins needed to sustain life.

Expanded palette



But Sebastian Greiss and Jason Chin have re-engineered the nematode worm's gene-reading machinery to include a 21st amino acid, not found in nature.



Dr Chin of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (where Francis Crick and James Watson first cracked the structure of DNA) describes the technique as "potentially transformational": designer proteins could be created that are entirely under the researchers' control.



The development builds on techniques first developed at the Scripps Research Institute, in La Jolla, US, where Dr Chin worked 10 years ago.



The genetic code comes in four DNA letters, A,C,G and T; the genetic machinery reads it in words three letters long, called codons, which stand for the individual amino acid blocks to be built into a growing protein.



At Scripps, researchers showed how one of those three letter words could be re-assigned, so that cells would read it as an instruction to incorporate an unnatural amino acid, one not normally found in living organisms. But that was in the bacterium E. coli; until now, no one had succeeded in doing the same in a whole animal.



Jonathan Hodgkin, professor of genetics at Oxford University, welcomes the new development, saying it "creates exciting new opportunities for research on C. elegans".

New tricks



Closer to home, Dr Mario de Bono, an expert on C elegans, who is also at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, predicts "this sort of news travels like wildfire" among research biologists, adding that the method could be applied to a wide range of animals.



So far it is just a proof of principle - the artificial protein that is produced in every cell of the nematode worm's tiny body contains a fluorescent dye that glows cherry red under ultraviolet light. If the genetic trick failed, there would be no glow.



But Dr Chin says any artificial amino acid could be chosen to produce specific new properties. Dr de Bono suggests the approach could now be used to introduce into organisms designer proteins that could be controlled by light.



Indeed, the two are planning to collaborate on a detailed study of neural cells in the nematode brain, aiming to activate or deactivate individual neurons in precise ways with tiny laser flashes.



Dr Chin rather modestly admits he's "incredibly pleased" to have succeeded in a project he had avoided until a year and a half ago, for fear that other well-established competitors would get there quicker.



On the other hand, Dr de Bono compares the invention with the Nobel-prize winning work on green fluorescent protein, which are now part of the standard kit in biology labs across the world.

England riots: Who are the rioters?

There has been much speculation about who the rioters are. This is a snapshot of the suspected rioters who were due to appear at one London magistrates' court in the course of one day.



As of 11 August, there have been more than 1,500 arrests across England and those who have been charged are being fast-tracked through the criminal justice system.



They are appearing at magistrates' court within hours and police are often only submitting a charge sheet for a case to be referred to court. Many of the courts are sitting through the night to process the defendants.



A full statistical picture is not yet available.



The graphs above represent the 56 people listed to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court in south London on Tuesday 10 August on disorder-related charges.



Not all the offences are public disorder. Many have been charged with non-domestic burglary in the vicinity of disorder and the stores targeted included Currys, Carphone Warehouse and H Samuel.



The defendants are broken down into gender, age, nature of the charge and location of the crime in relation to where they live. The crimes were all committed on Monday 8 August and Tuesday 9 August.



The court was open for longer than usual between 9am and 7pm. Defendants not listed may have been seen and the police or legal teams may have chosen to prioritise one case over another.



In addition to the fast-tracked riot defendants, the court also had to deal with the cases previously scheduled for that day.

Chimp attack woman relates ordeal

A woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee has revealed her severely damaged face on the US TV show Oprah, nine months after the savage attack.



Charla Nash lost her nose, lips, hands, and an eyelid in the February attack in Connecticut, and doctors have since removed her eyes because of infection.



She eats through a straw and cannot breathe through her nose.



She said she could not remember the attack. "I want to get healthy. I don't want to wake up with nightmares."



The 12-minute attack took place after Sandra Herold invited Ms Nash, a friend, to her house in Stamford to help her entice the 200lb (90kg) chimpanzee, known as Travis, back into the house. Police shot and killed the animal when they arrived on the scene.



In the TV interview, talk show host Oprah Winfrey removed a veil covering Ms Nash's head to reveal a badly swollen, inflamed face with most features unrecognisable.



Ms Nash says she wears a veil so as not to scare people and to avoid insults.



"I'm the same person I've always been. I just look different."



Ms Nash said she does not touch her face often.



"I know that I have my forehead. It feels like just patches of tape or gauze or covering, covering my face."



Ms Nash said she does not think about being angry about the attack.



"There's no time for that anyways because I need to heal, you know, not look backwards."



Speaking to the Associated Press news agency, she said she had warned Ms Herold that the animal was dangerous, and added that he could break out of his cage.



"I always told her you have to get rid of him, he's going to hurt somebody someday. He's too dangerous," Ms Nash said.



Lawyers for Ms Nash filed a $50m (£30m) lawsuit against Ms Herold, accusing her of negligence and recklessness.



The lawsuit also claims that Ms Herold gave the animal medication that exacerbated its violent behaviour.

Pfizer: Nigeria drug trial victims get compensation

US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has made the first compensation payment to Nigerian families affected by a controversial drug trial 15 years ago.



It paid $175,000 (£108,000) each to four families in the first of a series of payments it is expected to make.



The payouts are part of an out-of-court settlement reached in 2009.



In 1996, 11 children died and dozens were left disabled after Pfizer gave them the experimental anti-meningitis drug, Trovan.



The children were part of a group of 200 given the drug during a meningitis epidemic in the northern city of Kano as part of a medical trial comparing Trovan's effectiveness with the established treatment.



For years Pfizer maintained that meningitis - not the drug - caused the deaths and disabilities.



But after a lengthy and expensive litigation process, it reached a settlement with the Kano government in northern Nigeria.

DNA tests



The trials were carried out in Kano and the state government fought Pfizer on behalf of victims and their families.



It has taken two years and DNA tests to establish who is entitled to payments, the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Lagos says.



It could take another year for payments to be concluded, he says.



Pfizer also agreed to sponsor health projects in Kano as well as creating a fund of $35m to compensate those affected.



Pfizer said it was pleased the four had been compensated.



"This is the first step in a multi-phase review process by which the independent board of trustees that manages the fund will deliver payment to all other qualified claimants," the company said in a statement.



"We thank them for their commitment and dedication to seeing this process through in the most timely and transparent way possible."

Israel approves 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem

Final approval has been given for the building of 1,600 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem by the Israeli interior ministry.



The ministry is expected to approve the building of a further 2,700 homes, an official has said.



This comes weeks ahead of expected moves by the Palestinian Authority to have a Palestinian state recognised at the United Nations.



The campaign for recognition is strongly opposed by Israel.



Direct talks between the two sides are stalled, and there are no known current initiatives to get them re-started.



The Israeli announcement has been criticised by Palestinian officials.



"We strongly condemn the new Israeli decision," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the AFP news agency.



"[I urge the US] to reconsider their position rejecting the Palestinian move to go to the UN for recognition of a Palestinian state… We call on [US President Barack Obama] to support this approach because it is the only way to preserve the two-state solution."

'Economics not politics'



A spokesman for the interior ministry, Roei Lachmanovich, told AFP minister Eli Yishai had given approval for "1,600 homes in Ramat Shlomo and will approve 2,000 more in Givat Hamatos and 700 in Pisgat Zeev".



The approval of 1,600 homes in Ramat Shlomo caused a diplomatic row between the US and Israel. The initial go-ahead for the homes was initially given in March 2010 as US Vice-President Joe Biden was on a visit to Israel pressing for the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.



Mr Lachmanovich insisted that that the approval for the settlement homes was "economic" not political.



Israel is currently experiencing nationwide protests over the high cost of living. One of the central issues is the lack of affordable housing.



"These are being approved because of the economic crisis here in Israel, they are looking for a place to build in Jerusalem, and these will help," he said. "This is nothing political, it's just economic."



Last week, the interior ministry issued a final green-light for the construction of 900 new homes in the East Jerusalem settlement of Har Homa, which lies in the south-west of the city, beside Bethlehem.



Direct talks between the Palestinians and Israelis are currently stalled over the Palestinian refusal to take part while the Israeli government continues to build settlements in the West Bank.



The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and annexed East Jerusalem, a move not recognised by the international community.



More than 500,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, among a Palestinian population of about 2.5 million.

Five US troops killed in Afghanistan by roadside bomb

Five troops have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the US-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.



The Pentagon later confirmed that those who died in Thursday's attack were all US troops.



Another foreign soldier was also killed by a roadside bomb in the south in a separate incident on Wednesday.



More than 50 foreign service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.



"We regret this very much, in particular as this came in the holy month of Ramadan and it is another sign of regardless killing and terrorism," Isaf spokesman Brigadier General Carsten Jacobsen was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.



On Saturday, 30 US soldiers died when their helicopter was apparently shot down by Taliban insurgents.



Six Afghan troops and an Afghan civilian interpreter were also killed.



Many of the US soldiers were members of Seal Team Six, the elite special forces unit whose members undertook the May raid into Pakistan in which al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed.



It was the deadliest incident for the coalition in the decade-old US-led Nato war in Afghanistan.



The recent spike in casualties comes as foreign troops begin the first phase of a gradual process to hand over security responsibility to Afghan forces.



There are some 140,000 foreign troops - about 100,000 of them American - in Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban and training local troops to take over security.

Bali bombing suspect Umar Patek extradited to Indonesia

One of the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings has arrived in Indonesia after being extradited from Pakistan, officials in Jakarta say.



Umar Patek, who was arrested in January in the same part of Pakistan where Osama Bin Laden was killed, is expected to be charged with murder.



Mr Patek is accused of helping to make the bombs that killed 202 people, many of them foreigners, on the island.



He is said to be the only major suspect who has not been killed or arrested.

'Significant coup'



Mr Patek has been linked with the militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which was blamed for the attacks.



He is believed to have worked closely with the attack's organiser, Dulmatin, who was killed by Indonesian police last year.



Mr Patek was also reportedly involved in at least three other attacks in Indonesia - and said to have links with militant groups in the southern Philippines and al-Qaeda members in other parts of Asia.



The BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta says the extradition is being seen as a significant coup for the anti-terror agencies in the country.Security experts believe that he will be able to reveal links between terror cells in Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines, our correspondent says.



Officials said he would be not be charged with terrorism because the laws were enacted after the Bali bombing. He is instead expected to be charged with murder, which carries the death penalty.



"He cannot be prosecuted under the anti-terrorism law because it cannot be imposed retroactively," said Ansyaad Mbai, head of the Anti-Terrorism Agency.



"[But] he is a murderer and bombmaker, which also breaches the criminal code. It's now up to the investigators."



The suspect was arrested earlier this year in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was later killed by US forces.



The US said it appeared to be a coincidence that he was in the same area.



But Mr Mbai disputed that, saying that several other militants were arrested in the same area, suggesting a link between international jihadi organisations.



"Patek was very valuable for the US. He helped lead authorities to bin Laden," he told the Associated Press news agency.



JI, which has been linked to al-Qaeda, has a long track record of bomb attacks in Indonesia.



The group's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia and in other parts of South East Asia.

Details emerge of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's detention

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believed he was "close to death" during the more than 80 days he was held in a secret police detention centre, a source close to the artist told the BBC.



Beijing has banned him from speaking to the press since his release.



The source said Mr Ai was hooded when detained, kept under watch with guards inside his cell and subjected to treatment designed to break him.



Mr Ai was detained on charges of tax fraud by the Chinese authorities.



During his detention Ai Weiwei was, we were told, interrogated dozens of times. He was rarely asked about tax issues.



His interrogators focused instead on calls for a Jasmine revolution and claims Mr Ai was trying to "subvert the state", even though our source said the artist had no involvement in the calls and the interrogators had no proof.



The source told the BBC that during his 81 days in detention, Ai Weiwei was held first in one secret prison then moved to another, where he was kept in a windowless cell less than 4m by 4m (170 sq ft) in size.



The only daylight came from a small vent near the ceiling.

'Toughest situation'



Ai Weiwei was never allowed outside, the source said. He exercised by spending five hours a day pacing back and forth across his cell, walking an estimated 9-12 miles (15-20km) a day.There were two soldiers inside the cell 24 hours a day, standing to attention, staring at the artist. Our source said Ai Weiwei had to salute and ask them for permission to drink a glass of water, even to use the toilet in the cell.



The source has told the BBC that Mr Ai described his secret detention as "the toughest situation a human being can be in", and that every minute he felt "close to death".



China's most famous artist and one of the most vocal critics of its ruling Communist Party was picked up by police in April as authorities rounded-up activists, following online calls for a Middle Eastern-style Jasmine revolution in China.



Amid an international outcry, China's government said he was being investigated for tax evasion. But the source has told the BBC that when Mr Ai was released he was shocked to hear that the main accusation against him was that of economic crimes.



The state news agency, Xinhua, said in June that Mr Ai was released "because of his good attitude in confessing" to tax evasion and because he had agreed to pay back the money he owed.



But Mr Ai is contesting the tax claim, and the source said he was not guilty so never admitted any wrongdoing while he was being held.

'Strict conditions'



Ai Weiwei was never formally arrested. His captors even told him there was no "legal basis" for holding him, but claimed they could do what they liked to him. "That way they completely break you," our source said.



The source said the police told Mr Ai "this is what happens when you criticise the government. You made China look bad, now we want to make you look bad".



And the source said that on his release the artist was also shocked to hear of the treatment of four of his associates, who he did not realise had been detained at the same time.



Wen Tao, a friend and former journalist, was apparently kept handcuffed for the entire 80 days he was held. Mr Ai's driver, Zhang Jinsong, spent 30 days in handcuffs, forced to wear them even in his sleep.



It is claimed Liu Zhenggang, the designer at Mr Ai's artistic company, was "taken like a hostage" and suffered a heart attack. One of the men was denied permission to wash during his detention.



Our source said stringent conditions had been imposed on Mr Ai upon his release, including a ban on talking to foreign journalists, a ban on meeting any foreigner, human rights lawyer or anyone involved in politics, and a ban on posting messages on the social networking site, Twitter.



But the source said Ai Weiwei remained committed "to speak out for people who have no voice of their own," because he believes: "if you don't speak out you let a lot of people down, you put them in danger.

Gunman dies at Estonian defence ministry in Tallinn

A gunman has died after taking hostages at Estonia's defence ministry in Tallinn, reports say.



Police arrived at the ministry after shots or small explosions were heard at about 15:30 (12:30 GMT).



The building was evacuated and police cordoned off the area.



It is not clear whether the gunman killed himself or was shot dead by police in an operation to free hostages, state broadcaster ERR reported. No other casualties have been reported.

Armed police outside the defence ministry in Tallinn, Estonia, 11 August 2011 It remains unclear whether the gunman shot himself or was killed by police



A former Estonian soldier had detonated an explosive device and fired a shot before taking a security guard hostage, a ministry official told ERR.



Other ministry employees jumped out of windows to flee the scene, before armed police wearing body armour entered the building, TV images showed.



Defence Minister Mart Laar was not thought to be in the ministry at the time of the hostage-taking.

Somali famine: Families 'flee child conscription

Some Somalis have fled to Ethiopia for fear their children may be forcibly conscripted by Islamist insurgents, a UN refugee official has told the BBC.



The UNHCR's Alison Oman said some mothers at refugee camps in Ethiopia told her they left Somalia as they had nothing left to buy-off the militants.



Al-Shabab controls most of south and central Somalia, including two large regions worst affected by the famine.



The group banned many aid agencies from its territory two years ago.



An estimated 12 million people in the Horn of Africa have been affected by the region's worst drought in 60 years.



Somalia has been worst hit, with tens of thousands of people fleeing to the capital, Mogadishu, controlled by the weak interim government, or to refugee camps in neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia.

'Routes blocked'



Ms Osman, the UN refugee agency's senior nutritional specialist for the Horn of Africa, said Somali mothers she had interviewed in refugee camps in south-eastern Ethiopia had told her they left their villages often when their last animal died.



"The animals are their insurance. The animals are the bank accounts of these families," she said."A lot of these rural families have been forced to support al-Shabab militias that go through their areas, either giving them the animals or the sorghum they have.



"A couple of mothers said to me the fear was that if they didn't have the animals to give and grain to give, then al-Shabab might forcibly conscript children."



Last month, rights group Amnesty International accused al-Shabab of systemically recruiting children into its ranks.



It said the methods used by the Islamist group ranged from luring children with promises of mobile phones and money, to abductions and raids on schools.



Ms Oman said she had also heard about cases when families had been given small amounts of food for a child to be conscripted.



She added that the number of Somalis arriving in recent weeks in Ethiopia had fallen dramatically.



"A lot of traditional routes that people were using have been blocked by al-Shabab," she told the BBC.



This trapped people in the famine zones where many aid agencies are prevented from supplying the most needy."A lot of internally displaced people who are unable to cross into Ethiopia have said they don't have free passage and it's not safe for them so they're staying put or opting to cross into Kenya," she said.



Meanwhile, in the Ethiopian camps, officials began a mass measles vaccination campaign of children.



The outbreak in the region is proving more deadly because of the high number of weak and malnourished children.



Earlier, the UN special envoy for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, told the UN Security Council that the UN-backed African Union force in Mogadishu desperately needed extra resources.



Al-Shabab announced it was withdrawing most of its forces from the city over the weekend.



"Without the immediate action to fill this gap, a real danger exists that the warlords and their militia groups will move forward to fill the vacuum created by al-Shabab's departure," AFP news agency quotes Mr Mahiga as saying.



Last year, the Security Council approved a 12,000-strong AU force for Somalia, although the AU said it needed 20,000 troops - and so far it has just 9,000 soldiers on the ground.



Somalia has been wracked by conflict for the last 20 years since the fall of Siad Barre's government.

Wakakaka....Suhardi Nak Saman Konon....

Shuhardi Mat Isa - yang didakwa berlakon sebagai Baharudin Ahmad yang meninggal dunia dalam perhimpunan BERSIH - bercadang menyaman beberapa penulis blog yang didakwa memfitnahnya.



Enggan mendedahkan nama mereka pada masa ini, Shuhardi berkata beliau tidak berpuas hati dengan tindakan beberapa penulis blog yang didakwa menyunting videonya ketika sakit dengan cara yang tidak betul.



"Mereka terbalikkan (babak) yang awal kepada mula, yang mula kepada awal... Ia gambarkan saya seolah-oleh mati hidup semula (berlakon)," katanya.



Sebelum ini, Shuhardi - peserta perhimpunan BERSIH - dikatakan dimanipulasi sesetengah pihak dengan mendakwa dia allahyarham Baharudin yang dilaporkan meninggal dunia akibat komplikasi jantung.



Polis dilaporkan menyiasat perkara itu bawah seksyen 505(b) Kanun Keseksaan iaitu kesalahan melibatkan kenyataan mendatangkan khianat awam; dan Seksyen 233 Akta Multimedia bagi kesalahan melibatkan penggunaan tidak wajar kemudahan rangkaian atau perkhidmatan rangkaian.



Pihak berkuasa juga pada 2 Ogos lalu dilapor merakam kenyataanShuhardi dan aktivis usahawan Islam itu mengaku memberikan kerjasama penuh dalam sesi kira-kira 3 jam di rumahnya di Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi.



Ketika dihubungiMalaysiakini hari ini, Shuhardi berkata, peguamnya masih mengumpulkan beberapa bukti berkaitan sebelum dijangka memfailkan saman minggu depan.



"Kita masih tunggu masa yang sesuai (untuk tujuan itu)," katanya yang juga setiausaha agung Persatuan Usahawan, Konsultan dan Pengarah Islam Malaysia (Uruskop)



Tambahnya, saman itu akan dihadapkan kepada tiga atau empat orang penulis blog "yang berniat jahat" dan "pro-kerajaan".



Jenis dan nilai tuntutan masih dibincangkan dengan pihak peguam, jelas Shuhardi lagi.

Korang cuba tengok sekali lagi gambar Suhardi tengah pengsan. Mana ada orang pengsan macam ni. Nampak sangat berlakon.

*Ingat cerita P.Ramlee ke....mati dalam iman. Jangan lupa baca kisah Suhardi si Mat Skodeng di sini:

GEMPAR!!! Suhardi Mat Isa sebenarnya KAKI SKODENG!!!

Cis!!! Rupa-rupanya si Suhardi munafik ini bukan sahaja pandai "mati hidup semula", bahkan seorang PEEPING TOM rupa-rupanya! Perbuatan keji beliau yang berselindung di sebalik operasi mencegah maksiat ini sebenarnya pernah didedahkan sendiri oleh majalah Mastika pada tahun 2005. Malahan, Suhardi sendiri membenarkan wartawan Mastika untuk turut serta dalam operasi seharian beliau di Tasik Cempaka, Bangi ketika itu.

Peeping Tom

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Peeping Tom may refer to:

• a Voyeur, someone who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people

Sebenarnya jika diperhalusi artikel "Mastika BONGKAR MAKSIAT: Belum terlewat SELAMATKAN MEREKA" (Mei 2005), banyak persoalan yang timbul mengenai motif sebenar dan keikhlasan si Suhardi ini dalam menjalankan operasi skodeng tersebut. Ini adalah kerana menurut Mastika, Suhardi melaksanakan operasi tersebut di bawah nama Pertubuhan Kebajikan Darul Islah Selangor (PERKID), atau dengan maksud lainnya,operasi tersebut dijalankan tanpa tauliah daripada penguatkuasa agama negeri iaitu JAIS. Dikatakan juga Suhardi dan pasukan khasnya akan mengawasi Tasik Cempaka selama 24 jam (tidak ada kerja lain selain mencari aib manusia-sifat terpuji khawarij PAS) bagi memastikan tidak berlaku sebarang perbuatan sumbang dan maksiat. Niat itu memang nampak cantik, namun apa yang ingin dipersoalkan di sini adalah motif sebenar di sebalik segalanya...

Dengan mengambil satu sampel kes tangkapan, beliau dan pasukannya akanmeneropong (skodenglah tu...) daripada jauh mana-mana pasangan yang disyaki berpotensi untuk melakukan maksiat. Namun, satu perkara yang agak pelik di sini adalah, beliau akan menunggu dan merakam aksi-aksi PANAS pasangantersebut sehinggalah ke satu saat yang dirasakan sesuai, dan seperti dalam kes ini, ketika pasangan gadis terbabit sedang mengalami puncak syahwat!

Kemudian geng Suhardi akan mengambil kesempatan saat-saat memalukan itu untuk menerjah pasangan terbabit sambil memalukan mereka dengan pelbagai soalan yang mengaibkan, seperti "kamu sedang seks oral ya tadi?" atau "pernah dia *^%$ awak?". Dan dengan menggunakan title haji, si Suhardi akan mentarbiah dan menemubual si gadis (sahaja), konon-kononnya untuk menginsafkannya, walhal niat sebenarnya untuk mengorek dan mengumpul cerita-cerita panas yang lain.

Lebih memalukan, si Suhardi ini akan memanggil pula beberapa pihak luar untuk dipertemukan dengan keluarga pasangan yang terlibat di tempat tangkapan. Dan sesungguhnya, perbuatan ini telah mengakibatkan aib yang amat sangat kepada ahli keluarga yang terlibat, sehinggakan Mastika sendiri merekodkan kejadian bergambar bagaimana seorang kakak menempeleng adiknya (dalam keadaan kedua-duanya meraung kesedihan) di khalayak ramai dan kejadian di mana seorang ibu mati-mati tidak mengaku anak kepada darah daging sendiri kerana terlalu malu diaibkan oleh Suhardi.

Namun, di sebalik semua kejadian di atas, Suhardi dan gengnya tidak pernah pula melaporkan pasangan-pasangan yang terkantoi tadi ke mana-mana pejabat agama. Dan yang lebih pelik lagi, tidak lama selepas pendedahan Mastika itu, secara tiba-tiba banyak pula gambar dan video rakaman aksi sumbang pasangan yang dirakam terutamanya di Tasik Cempaka tersebar di Internet (sehinggakan pernah disirikan). Mungkin agaknya ketika itu Amanat Hadi 2011 ini belum dikeluarkan lagi...

Jadi apakah sebenarnya tujuan si Suhardi mengadakan operasi 24 jam itu ?!! Adakah sebagai platform untuk beliau mengumpul bahan-bahan panas (beliau sendiri mengaku dalam temubual Mastika tersebut bahawa beliau pernah kecewa kerana kameranya yang mempunyai gambar-gambar first class pecah kerana dihempas), termasuklah cerita-cerita panas, terutamanya daripada gadis-gadis yang terlanjur untuk stok sendiri?!! Dan yang lebih penting, mengapakah Suhardi tidak lagi melaksanakan operasi serupa sekarang?!! Apakah kerana dilarang oleh DAP yang menguasai MPKj ketika ini?!!

Walau apa sekali pun, tindakan Suhardi mengintip aksi seks orang lain adalah bercanggah sama sekali dengan ajaran ISLAM!!! Malahan Rasulullah sendiri tidak pernah menjalankan operasi cegah maksiat!!! Malahan, Baginda sendiri seboleh-bolehnya akan mendiamkan perkara-perkara yang memalukan sesama manusia daripada menjadi aib yang terbuka (Rasulullah SAW diriwayatkan tidak pernah melaksanakan Hudud Zina berdasarkan kepada empat saksi) Jadi si Suhardi ini bertindak mengikut ajaran dan sunnah siapa sebenarnya?!! Dan ke manakah perginya semua gambar dan rakaman video panas yang dirakam oleh geng Suhardi selama ini?!! Agaknya bahan-bahan dalam blog SABUL itu berpunca daripada si munafik ini, tak?

Saidina Umar al-Khattab r.a, adalah seorang khalifah yang amat digeruni kerana ketegasannya dan kewibaannya. Suatu hari ketika beliau berjalan dia terlihat ada pasangan sedang berzina, akan tetapi beliau tidak terus menyerbu pasangan itu malah beliau bertanya dahulu kepada Saidina Ali r.a. Saidina Umar bertanya " Jika adaseorang lelaki melihat orang sedang berzina apa harus dia lakukan?" Saidina Ali menjawab "Senyaplah jika kamu itu Amirul Muknin". Jika semua muslim menutup aib saudaranya maka Allah akan menutup aibnya di akhirat.

Kebolehan Suhardi mengaibkan orang lain di khalayak ramai seharusnya diberikan satu "pujian" yang istimewa, kerana ia telah mengakibatkan tekanan perasaan dan perpecahan keluarga yang serius di kalangan orang Islam!!! Patutlah sekarang ini Suhardi sudahupgrade dengan peranan yang lebih besar...

Agak-agaknya, Suhardi dan gengnya hendak interview dan tarbiah tidak amoi dalam video seks abang Nuar tu?!!

Terima Kasih PDRM

Klik untuk membaca keseluruhan artikel. Sumber Berita Harian.

Terima kasih PDRM kerana menjaga keselamatan kami dari ancaman anasir jahat macam BERSIH.



Terima kasih PDRM kerana mengelakkan Malaysia jadi seperti UK.



Terima kasih PDRM kerana menyelamatkan wang rakyat dengan membendung negara dirosakkan seperti di UK.



Terima kasih.



Terima kasih.



Dan terima kasih.







*Jom ramai-ramai ucapkan terima kasih di FB PDRM. Selepas ini, kami akan kantoikan Nurul Izzah yang cuba spin kan isu ini. Tunggu pendedahan kami pada pukul 9.30 malam.

Wajib Baca: Nurul Izzah 'Dibogelkan' Dalam Bulan Puasa!

Izzah: Kenyataan Khalid serlahkankejahilannya



Ahli parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar membidas Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar yang berkata perhimpunan BERSIH 2.0 mungkin menyebabkan rusuhan seperti apa yang berlaku di kota London sekarang.



“Kenyataan itu hanya menunjukkan kejahilannya,” kata Nurul Izzah kepada wartawan di luar ibu pejaag polis Petaling Jaya hari ini.



Dalam posting di laman web Facebook malam semalam, Khalid berkata rusuhan berterusan di London yang kini merebak ke beberapa bandar utama di Britain adalah bukti bahawa mimpi ngeri seumpama itu boleh dielakkan dengan menghalang protes jalanan.



Menurut Nurul Izzah kenyataan seumpama itu daripada seorang pegawai kanan polis, tidak boleh diterima dan memintanya menyemak fakta-fakta terlebih dahulu sebelum membuka mulutnya.



Katanya, punca rusuhan di kota London adalah kerana rasa tidak puas hati rakyat hasil pemotongan bajet kerajaan dan kadar pengangguran yang tinggi.



Ini, dakwanya berlainan dengan peserta BERSIH 2.0 pada 9 Julai lalu yang sebahagian besar mereka terdiri daripada rakyat golongan pertengahan.



Namun, satu persamaan antara situasi di UK dan Malaysia, menurut naib presiden PKR itu adalah kegagalan melakukan pembaharuan kepada sistem ekonomi yang menggalakan jurang perbezaan golongan kaya dan miskin semakin melebar.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/172679



Mungkin ramai yang tak puas hati kenapa perkataan 'bogel' digunakan dalam bulan Ramadhan.



Jawapan aku mudah, kalau Nurul Izzah boleh 'jahilkan' Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara, aku pun boleh bogelkan dia. Dan bukan sesuatu yang pelik nak 'bogel'kan Nurul Izzah sebab video bapak dia bogel pun orang dah tengok. Bogel dalam tulis aku adalah 'dedah'kan semua fakta berkaitan demonstrasi @ rusuhan di UK.



Seperti yang aku janjikan tadi, MyMassa akan dedahkan apa yang terjadi di UK untuk mengkantoikan spinning yang dilakukan oleh Nurul Izzah. Sememangnya apa yang berlaku di UK sekarang adalah rusuhan. Tetapi ianya berpunca oleh demonstrasi kecil-kecilan.

Protest march

On 6 August, a protest was held, initially peacefully, beginning at Broadwater Farm and finishing at Tottenham police station.^[38] The protest was organised by friends and relatives of Duggan to make a request for justice for the family.^[12][39][40] The group of some 200 people that marched on the police station included local residents, community leaders, and Duggan family members who were demanding to speak with a senior local police officer. They stayed in front of the police station hours longer than they originally planned because they were not satisfied with the police response to their questions. According to eyewitnesses, a younger and more aggressive crowd arrived at the scene around dusk, some of whom were carrying weapons. Violence erupted on the rumour that police had attacked a 16-year-old girl.^[11][17]

Sumber: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots).



Kalau wikipedia tidak kuat untuk meyakinkan pembaca, kita ikuti kronologi rusuhan di London dari BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499).

SUNDAY 7 AUGUST

Police condemn a wave of "copycat criminal activity" across London

22:30 BST - Reports on Twitter of a police presence at Oxford Circus in London's West End. Police later say a mob of around 50 people damaged property in the area.

22:00 BST - More reports of shop windows being smashed in Enfield. Riot police and mounted police patrol the streets.

21:30 BST -The Guardian newspaper quotes a source as saying a bullet found in a police radio after Mr Duggan's death was police issue.

19:45 BST - Around 100 hooded youths gather outside Enfield Police Station.

18:30 BST - Three police officers are injured after intervening in an altercation in Brixton, south London. Missiles are thrown.

18:28 BST - Police are called to High Street Enfield after reports shop windows are being smashed. A police vehicle is damaged.

16:20 BST - Police announce the launch of Operation Withern to investigate the riots in Tottenham.

12:00 BST - Fire crews have all the fires under control but are still damping down some burnt-out buildings. Scenes of crime officers begin investigating and gathering evidence.

Police say 26 police officers were injured in the riots and two remain in hospital. In total, 55 arrests have been made.

Local MP David Lammy tells reporters the community has "had the heart ripped out of it" by "mindless, mindless people", many of whom, he says, had come from outside Tottenham to cause trouble.

SATURDAY 6 AUGUST

22:45 BST - As the violence continues, a double-decker bus is burnt out and more petrol bombs are thrown at police and buildings. Shops set alight in the area include an Aldi supermarket and a carpet shop.

Looting is reported throughout the night and some thieves take the opportunity to load up car boots and shopping trolleys with stolen goods. Vision Express, Boots, Argos and JD Sports are among the shops affected.

20:45 BST - The London Fire Brigade receives its first calls to attend and by 04:30 BST the following morning has dealt with 49 "primary" fires in the Tottenham area and received more than 250 emergency calls from the public.

No firefighters are injured in the disturbances but some are threatened by rioters, according to the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

20:20 BST -The violence begins as bottles are thrown at two patrol cars close to the police station. One of the vehicles is set alight, while the other is pushed into the middle of the road before also being torched.

Unconfirmed reports say the incident was sparked off by a confrontation between a teenage protester and a police officer.

Riot officers from the Territorial Support Group and police on horseback are deployed to disperse the crowds but come under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.

17:00 BST - Around 300 people gather outside Tottenham police station after marching from Broadwater Farm estate. They say they want "justice" for Mr Duggan and his family.

Officers are forced to close the High Road and put traffic diversions in place. Eyewitnesses report that the protest begins peacefully.

Before 17:00 - The IPCC provides support to 14 of Mr Duggan's family members and friends as they formally identify his body.

THURSDAY 4 AUGUST

18:15 BST - Mark Duggan, 29, is shot dead by police at Ferry Lane, Tottenham.

The death occurs during an operation where specialist firearm officers and officers from Operation Trident, the unit which deals with gun crime in the African and Caribbean communities, are attempting to carry out an arrest.

Mr Duggan is a passenger in a minicab and is shot after an apparent exchange of fire. A police officer's radio is later found to have a bullet lodged in it.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announces it will investigate the incident and later says it believes two shots were fired by police. It also confirms that an illegal firearm was recovered from the scene.

Dari sumber sahih di atas, jelas menunjukkan rusuhan yang berlaku adalah berpunca daripada demonstrasi secara 'aman' yang tidak terkawal.



Jadi, atas dasar apakah Nurul Izzah menggelarkan Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara sebagai JAHIL sedangkan dia sendiri yang cuba memusingkan (spin) fakta yang sebenar dari pengetahuan rakyat Malaysia. Tak salah kalau MyMassa menggelarkan Nurul Izzah sebagai si bogel yang memaki orang yang berpakaian.



Apa yang kita pelajari dari kejadian di UK adalah demonstrasi bertukar menjadi rusuhan apabila khabar angin di sebarkan. Dalam sumber wikipedia menyebut bahawa ada rusuhan berpunca apabila ada cerita mengenai seorang gadis 16 tahun diserang secara kejam oleh pihak polis.



Perkara yang sama berlaku di Malaysia apabila seorang 'askar' upahan PAS disuruh melakonkan watak lelaki yang sedang nazak. Lelaki ini berlakon bersungguh-sungguh sambil dirakam oleh beberapa jurukamera upahan dan kemudiannya disebarkan melalui YOUTUBE. Skrip ini dirancang supaya polis dilihat sebagai kejam dan ianya akan berlaku sebagaimana yang terjadi di UK. Ringkasnya, Polis Kejam = Orang merusuh mencari keadilan kononnya.



Malang bagi pembangkang apabila skrip yang diatur sebegitu cantik telah dipatahkan dengan kebenaran. Berlaku satu lagi kematian (yang real) tetapi bukannya kerana kekejaman polis. Bila terjadi dua kematian dan satunya tidak dirancang, maka perancangan mereka gagal kerana lebih tumpuan diberikan kepada kematian yang benar-benar berlaku. Namun, masih ada 'damage' yang telah berjaya disebarkan oleh pembangkang melalui video "Truth that cannot be covered".



Kesimpulannya, kami berjaya mem'bogel'kan Nurul Izzah dengan fakta-fakta yang sahih, bukannya satu cerita yang telah di'spin' oleh si nurul kepada Malaysiakini. Kepada pembaca MyMassa, ketahuilah bahawa sesuatu rusuhan tidak akan bermula dengan 'demonstrasi'. Apa yang berlaku di Timur Tengah telah mengajar kita tentang perkara ini. Malah, dalam peristiwa 13 Mei sendiri bermula dengan 'demonstrasi' secara aman (tidak bawa senjata) oleh pembangkang yang berarak sekitar Kuala Lumpur dengan membawa penyapu untuk menghalau orang Melayu. Tidak cukup lagikah kita belajar dari pengalaman?