CHAPTER 2 - REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES WORKING GROUP
Over the year, the Commission was asked by students’ groups, NGOs and other associations to
monitor the public assemblies they organised. The Commission decided that a team – comprising
Commissioners and officers – would be assembled and assigned to such events. The CIWG serves
as the secretariat for the monitoring activities.
The teams sent to observe 19 events (Table 2) received cooperation from the police. It is the
Commission’s observation that, at most of the events, the organisers were allowed to hand over
their demands to the respective authorities and that, after negotiations with the police, the gathering
was given time to disperse.
Table 2: Monitoring of Public Assemblies, 2011
NO.
EVENT
DATE
1.
Assembly organised by Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam SeMalaysia, Selangor
1 January
2.
Submission of memorandum to Ministry of Higher Education by Solidariti
Mahasiswa Malaysia
28 January
3.
By-election process, Tenang, Johor
21-22 January,
29-30 January
4.
Submission of memorandum to Wisma Putra by Solidariti Mahasiswa
Malaysia, on Malaysian students in Egypt
2 February
5.
By-election process, Kerdau, Pahang
26 February
6.
By-election process, Merlimau, Melaka
26 February
7.
Eviction of urban pioneers at Ladang Bukit Jalil, Selangor
15 March
8.
Submission of memorandum to Parliament on the Lynas project,
Kuala Lumpur
30 March
9.
Submission of memorandum to the Ministry of Defence,
Kuala Lumpur, by SUARAM
12 April
10.
Assembly organised by 1 May Committee, Kuala Lumpur
1 May
11.
Press Conference on launch of Kempen Mahasiswa Selamatkan Rakyat,
by Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
4 May
12.
Protest against the Lynas project at Australian Embassy, Kuala Lumpur
20 May
13.
Protest against the proposed Refugee Exchange Agreement at Australian
Embassy, Kuala Lumpur
25 May
14.
Demolition of urban pioneers’ dwellings at PJS 1, Selangor
31 May
15.
Bersih 2.0 rally, Kuala Lumpur
9 July
16.
Assembly organised by MTUC at Parliament, Kuala Lumpur, against
amendments to the Employment Act
3 October
17.
Hijau 109 in conjunction with Earth Charter Initiative, Taman Gelora, Pahang
9 October
18.
Himpunan Sejuta Umat, Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor
22 October
19.
Assembly organised by Bar Council against the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011,
Kuala Lumpur
29 November
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