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Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of Peoples Justice Party giving the speech in front of a thousands of people here in Stadium Shah Alam. In conjunction of the 100th days in ruling the Selangor, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has been develope their ruling states as a economic and welfare awreness as a main manifesto in future plan. Ian ahmad/easternimages2008
Lim Kit Siang, leader of DAP or Democratic Action Party giving the speech in front of a thousands of people here in Stadium Shah Alam . DAP which is the ruling party in Penang, is one of the PKR's alliance when the 12th general election is held last few month.
Malaysia has been highly regarded as a developed country, at least ever since the leadership of Tun Mahathir Mohamed. Strong & stable in economics and technological achievements while to a certain extent, has proven itself as an independent sovereign when the neighbors succumb to the IMF offerings in the previous economic turmoil, indeed the achievement of this country is to be envied by many.
The center of the achievement would be the capital city – Kuala Lumpur, where amongst the locals, there exists thousands of foreign workforce, both legal and illegal. All are here with but one aim - apart from contributing to the success and wealth of this nation – to earn a decent living for their family back in their home countries.
Sadly, unknown by many, a sub-set of this vast number of foreigners would be a group of 50 Bangladeshis. Originally being brought into the country by "an agency", they have been showered with many but still unfulfilled sweet promises. Now, they are literally living in a limbo.
Living underneath the concrete structure of a railway station, almost unseen to the eyes of the public, they simply could not care about the hygiene factors and the daily conditions they are in. The reality is, their only concern in life would be to settle an amount of USD4000 they each "owe" to "the agency" or face a brutal consequence, so brutal in fact death would be a blessing in disguise.
Without any legal documents and work permit, they are truly helpless creatures in a limbo. Their best logical options would be either to be caught by the local enforcement and shipped back to their home country where they will face a certain death by the hands of "the agency", or die here, in a foreign land, leaving nothing but traces of stain depicting a painting of their desperate struggle.
Indeed, death would be a blessing – though never a wish dare even to be thought by them, nor their loved ones back home.
The Seri Wawasan Bridge is one of the main bridges in Putrajaya, the Malaysian federal administrative capital. This futuristic cable-stayed bridge which has a sail ship appearance, connects Precinct 2 on the Core Island to the residential area of Precinct 8.The concrete bridge is a combination of cable backstays and structural steel tie back. It is a dual three lane carriageways of 18.6m width each, comprising 3 x 3.5m width lanes, 0.5 m hard shoulder, 0.5m marginal strip. The median is 4 m wide and walkway cum cycle track width is 5.1m giving a total width of 37.2m at the centre of the bridge.
Former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim who lead the People's Justice Party giving a speech about price increasing in Malaysia. The gathering of thousand of people is happen in Kuala Lumpur on 8th of June 2008, three days after the government increasing the petrol up to 41%.
