MALAYSIA: Police attack residents, demolish homes

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A bloody confrontation erupted on September 7 in Kampong Saujana Shah Alam, when four truckloads of riot police clashed with local residents who had formed a human chain to prevent the demolition of their homes. Seventeen people were arrested, including two leaders of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), and the homes were demolished. Among those injured was a nine-year-old boy. Media photographers were prevented from taking pictures and some had their cameras confiscated. The residents had agreed to move from their resettlement village to low cost flats earlier this year, but the flats are not yet ready. All 17 people arrested were released on bail later that day, and returned to begin rebuilding their homes. For more information visit <http://parti-sosialis.org>.

From Green Left Weekly, September 14, 2005.
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