oleh Zulhabri Supian
“I’m bad with numbers — so I can’t tell you if it was 100,000 people. It certainly was very easily in the tens of thousands. Also pretty difficult to tell when the whole stretch of the road from Dataran Merdeka to the National Mosque was an ocean of people, they were spilling into the side streets, and in the mosque compound, in the nearby Pusat Islam compound.” — Sabri Zain
Tanggal 20 September 14 tahun lepas mengubah banyak hal di Malaysia. Mahu tidak mahu fakta ini harus diakui. Seluruh rakyat Malaysia terkesan. Tanggal 20 September tercatat sebagai detik hitam dalam sejarah Malaysia apabila Anwar Ibrahim ditangkap di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri setelah bersama puluhan ribu rakyat berhimpun di Dataran Merdeka dan Masjid Negara. Walaupun Anwar dipecat pada 2 September, bagi banyak orang 20 September dianggap tanda mula kebangkitan.
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