By all accounts, it could have been yet another ceramah, one of the many which have been held in Terengganu. But the ceramah in Pantai Batu Buruk on the night of Sept 8 was different.

The oppositon claimed that the police used unprecedented violence to disperse the crowd where speakers from Bersih - a coalition of political parties and NGOs to campaign for electoral reform - were to speak.

Pantai Batu Buruk will be remembered as the first time the police used live bullets against a group of protestors, resulting in two individuals being shot.

According to the police, the firearm was discharged in self-defence against a group of angry rioters. There, too, was the confusion over the number of bullets fired - initially one, then two, and now four.

Malaysiakini attempts to cut through the fog on the Pantai Batu Buruk riot with the following reports.


Oct 31
Batu Buruk riot: Fu blames the organisers

Sept 19
House owner: Ceramah is all we have
PAS minta Majlis Raja-Raja tubuh suruhanjaya siasat rusuhan
Polis T'ganu akan lancar gerakan buru perusuh 8 Sept

Sept 18
Eight hours of the Batu Buruk riot
AI: Investigate SB role in Batu Buruk riot

Sept 17
Pemilik rumah: Banyak ceramah pembangkang diadakan tanpa masalah
Batu Buruk clash: Hadi blames Umno

Sept 16
Police chief: Ceramah location matters

Sept 15
Flag burning: Cops identify nine people

Sept 14
Eyewitness: 'Cop fired on the run'
Gov't could have averted 'bloody' riot
Hadi: Pembatalan saat akhir punca rusuhan

Sept 13
Suhakam to probe 'bloody' ceramah
Ceramah pembangkang: Polis tidak akan bertolak ansur lagi
Muhd Taib: Rusuhan dapat dielak jika undang-undang dihormati

Sept 12
Reveal identity of 'flag burner'

Sept 11
Motion to debate 'bloody' ceramah rejected
PM blames PAS for Kuala Terengganu riot
T'ganu police chief: Constable fired FOUR shots
‘Flag-burners’ feel the heat
Power shouldn’t 'come from barrel of the gun'

Sept 10
Police chief: Shot fired in self-defence
Pemuda Umno buat laporan polis
Bloody ceramah: Suhakam wants full facts
Bullets killed 'feel good' factor
Agent provocateurs instigated rioting: PAS

Sept 9
Live bullet fired at ceramah crowd

OPINIONS
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VIDEOS
Riot in Batu Buruk (7 min)
Police provoked riot: PAS (3 min)
Suhakam to probe 'bloody' ceramah (5 min)
Othman: Berlaku depan mata saya! (2 min)
Batu Buruk clash: Hadi blames Umno (7 min)
Police chief: Ceramah location matters (5 min)
Batu Buruk: The morning after... (2 min)