AMONG ALL THE photographs taken during the Bersih 2.0 rally, one stands out. In it, a petite grey-haired lady clad in a yellow T-shirt is seen standing in front of Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) troops who have just drenched her with chemical laced water. Her eyes are closed in agony, her face a portrait of anguish. In her left hand she clutches a water bottle and a single stalk of daisies. In the background, 100 metres away, a battalion of uniformed officers and FRU trucks keeps watch.
The woman in the photograph was later identified as retired English teacher Anne Ooi Siew Lan. She said that her first reaction on seeing that photograph of herself was anger at the photographer, Hugo Teng. Despite initially being upset, Anne later relented when she saw the impact that the photograph had made.
