http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_GQ-K7P_w
Transcript of Malaysia's Information Minister's interview
with Al Jazeera News on the Bersih Protest.
Minister: I commend yo-yo-your journalists trying
to project... to exaggerate more than what actually happened.
That-that-that-that's it. We are not the-the and I-I congratulate
your journalists behaving like an actor, that-that's it...
Reporter: As you say that, sir, we're watching
scenes of protesters being sprayed by chemical-filled water!
Minister: YA! I am watching! I'm here! You've been
trying... trying to do it this - to do this everywhere but in
Malaysia people are allowed to, you know? We know our police head
our colleague... Police have whatever allowed the procession to go
to the Istana Negara, you know? Do police, first police, like, they
handle them, they attack them, they... the police don't, don't,
don't fire anybody?
Reporter: Our correspondent came back to the
office, sir, with chemicals in his eyes!
Minister: You-you-you-you are here with the idea,
you are trying to project, what is your mind! You think that we
Pakistan, we are Burma, we are Myanmar. Everything you-you are
thinking! WE ARE DIFFERENT! We are totally different!
Reporter: Well unfortunately when you refuse to
let people protest, it does appear so.
Minister: Ya ya we are not like you! You-you have
earlier perception, you come here, you want to project us like
undemocratic country. This a democratic country!
Reporter: So why can't people protest then, if
it's a democratic country?
Minister: YES, PEOPLE PROTEST! People do-do... of
course they protest. We are allowing them protest, and they have
demonstrated. But we just trying to disperse them, and then later
they-they-they don't wanna disperse, but later our police
compromise. They have compromised and allowed them to proceed to
Istana Negara! Police, our police have succeeded in handling them
gently, right? Why do you report that? You take the opposition,
someone from opposition party you ask him to speak. You don't take
from the government, right?
Reporter: Why did you not break up these
protests...
Minister: Pardon? Pardon? Pardon?
Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests
more peacefully?
Minister: I can't hear you! I can't hear
you!
Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests
more peacefully?
Minister: No we-we are! We... this protest is
illegal! We don't want..this... the... NORMALLY...
Reporter: OK, so let me return to my former
question. Why is this protest illegal?
Minister: YA! It's a illegal protest because we
have the erection in Malaysia. It's no-no point on having a
protest! We are allowing to every erection... every five years
never fail! We are not our like, like Myanmar, not like other
country. And, and you are helping this. You Al-Jazeera also is
helping this, this forces. The, you know, these forces who are not
in passion, who don't believe in democracy!
Reporter: Alright, many thanks for joining
us.
Minister: I don't, ya, you, Al-Jazeera, this is,
is Al-Jazeera attitude. Right?
from: http://www.kennysia.com/archives/2007/11/the_zam_rap.php