三万各族的年轻人出席彭关丹黑色集会， 安华强调不容人民胜利被抢。

三万各族的年轻人出席彭关丹黑色集会， 安华强调不容人民胜利被抢。

BESERAH, KUANTAN - Undeterred by a last-minute change in venue, more than 60,000 people made a beeline for Anwar Ibrahim's 505 Blackout rally to protest "stolen" electoral victory.

Although the turnout was smaller compared to the 3 previous 505 Blackout rallies held in Kelang Jaya, Batu Kawan and Ipoh, it is nevertheless an eye-opener, signalling how widespread the "call for change" has become in Malaysia.

"I only found out at 6pm through Facebook," a young lady told Malaysia Chronicle, referring to the venue change from Taman Mahkota Aman to Beserah.

Indeed, Kuantan folk parked their car and walked as far as 3km to the Dataran PKR where the rally was held. And gauging by their shouts and applause throughout the night, Anwar - who as usual was mobbed on arrival - did not disappoint them.

Helping him were MP for Kuantan Fuziah Salleh, MPO for Batu Tian Chua, Pahang PKR chief Fauzi Rahman, Chegubard, Nizam Hamid and PAS bigwigs Husam Musa and Hatta Ramli, the MP for Kuala Krai.

They spoke on a range of issues, focusing on how skewed the May 5 general election had been, drawing shouts from the crowd that Najib must resign and the Election Commission sacked. The 64-year-old Anwar himself minced no words, saying that for democracy to prevail, "the EC must be first to go. Out!"

What happened to the 'gongxi-gongxi' red tunic and cap.

Prime Minister Najib Razak was also condemned for his political hypocrisy.

"Before Chinese New Year, look at how Najib 'bodek' or tried to get into the good books of the Chinese. He wore a red tunic, red hat and went around 'Gongxi gongxi' begiing for their votes. Now after the general election is over, it is 'what more do the Chinese' want," Fauzi said to thunderous applause.

He was referring to Najib's latest political blunder in calling the May 5 election a "Chinese tsunami" implying that his Umno-led BN coalition had been betrayed by the community and hence their poor result in obtaining only 133 seats in Parliament compared to 140 in the 2008 election.

Najib was accused of irresponsibility and trying to get the Malays upset with the Chinese so as to deflect attention from the Opposition's slew of exposures of electoral fraud.

It is clear that the Najib administration fears another groundswell of public support for Anwar and his call to have re-elections in 27 seats where polling was conducted in highly dubious circumstances.

Tempat letak kereta berhampiran pejabat PKR di Jalan Beserah, Kuantan dibanjiri ribuan peserta himpunan Suara Rakyat Suara Keramat edisi Pahang malam ini.

Himpunan itu yang keempat selepas pilihan raya umum lalu 5 Mei lalu bertujuan mempertikaikan keputusannya yang didakwa sarat penipuan.

Saksi mata himpunan, Rafizan Idrus berkata peserta himpunan malam ini rata-rata terdiri daripada golongan muda pelbagai kaum.

"Saya lihat kebanyakannya malam ini orang muda yang hadir ke perhimpunan ini," kata Rafizan.

Pengerusi majlis itu Datuk Johari Abdul menganggarkan kehadiran yang rata-rata berpakaian hitam sekitar 30,000 orang.

Jumlah itu kata Rafizan, tidak termasuk mereka yang berada di luar kawasan padang tempat himpunan berlangsung.

Himpunan malam ini asalnya dijadual berlangsung di Padang Mahkota Aman, Kuantan.

Bagaimanapun, lokasi perhimpunan tersebut dipindahkan selepas rundingan dengan wakil polis daerah Kuantan yang mendakwa ia tidak mematuhi peruntukan seksyen 9(1) Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2012.

Antara yang bercakap pada malam ini bekas calon PKR sungai Acheh, Badrul Hisham Shaharin yang lebih dikenali sebagai Chegudard, Ketua Srikandi PKR Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail, Pengerusi PKR Pahang Datuk Fauzi Abdul Rahman dan Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Esok, satu lagi himpunan ini yang turut dikenali sebagai "Blackout 505" ini akan berlangsung di Johor Bahru. - Malaysia Kini