“Twelve 11” by Loh Yin San
A tragedy of a magnitude never before seen in Malaysia had claimed 48 lives and shocked a nation. In unravelling the mystery surrounding the incident, Twelve 11 questions whether the loss of life and property could have been avoided. The aim is also to expose a legal loophole that begs urgent action in the call for justice.
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The tragedy which was talked about is the collapse of Highland Towers in 1993, Dec 11th.
Why the story was told after 13 years? That is because the fight from the victims' families came to an end only this year Feb at the Highest Court, and the Municipal Council got off scott-free. That's because there's this Act to protect them even they are the people to give the green lights of any developmental land projects. And why is there such an Act in place? That goes back to history back to the 1960's during the Emergency when there was a need to had that kind of law. It promised to be taken away when the Act was not needed anymore, but unfortunately, until now, it was still in place, and that is why MPAJ was found not guilty of negligence in this Highland Towers tragedy.
I was there on the day's screening of this winning entry of the
Freedom Film Fest 2006 run by KOMAS. Yin San made me proud and embarassed at the same time for her meaningful effort to help in bringing the plight of some people to a wider audience. Proud because she is my good friend I have known during the varsity days, (we do share a lot of our passions and interests), and embarrassed because I have done nothing much like these sort to contribute to the society before.
She contributed to last year's same event which was the winner as well, named "Clean Shit" or "Alice lives here". It was said that it helped in a way to Alice's struggle to stop her town Broga (near Semenyih) from being polluted with an incinerator plant. A well documented film does indeed help a lot, some way or other.
Good job, Yin San, and CONGRATULATIONS!!!
2 comments:
Although I'm not very sure of what it is, I'm sure Yin San is doing something extraordinary here, and it is meaningful.
And you, who help to promote and spread it through the net, shouldn't have felt shame at all.
I proud of you girls !
See Yoon, thanks for being there and for your encouraging words! It meant a lot to me. But please don't put yourself down. As I suggested, maybe we could work on something together? How's your new job?
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