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This is the second candlelight vigil I attended. The first was after Teresa Kok was arrested under the ISA. The crowd was over 200. I went with 2 other church members, John Chung and Han Meng. When we arrived slightly before 8pm, there was already a crowd of about 100 people and many candles were already lit. But there were quite a number of people crowding around the pavement. Free RPK T-shirts were snapped up like hot cakes.
After about 15 minutes, Marina Lee gave a short speech. Couldn't hear what she said as I was too far away. This was followed by one of RPK's counsels, Gobind Singh, the Panther of Puchong.
Next were Bernard a.ka. Zorro and Haris Ibrahim. Upon someone's suggestion, Haris asked us to be there every Sunday until ISA is abolished and all detainees are freed. He encouraged us to bring a friend the next time and to bring another, another time, until one day the whole field will be filled.
Kit Siang also made a brief appearance and gave a short speech. Again I couldn't hear what was said but it's about bringing something up in Parliament next week. I forgot whether it was Haris or Bernard that said he was encouraged to see so many new faces. Yes, these were the faces of middle-class Chinese who before 8/03 didn't give a damn about politics, much less the ISA. All we cared for was to make money. How things have changed. What about the middle-class churches, I wonder? Tonight, there were only 3 of us from the same church. I hope by next month there would be at least 30. Is it asking too much to light a candle?
Make a stand against evil. http://titthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/10/isa-candlelight-vigil-opp-amcorp-mall.html
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