Found this front page article disturbing ... hence I did a little Wikipedia and Google research on some key items. Find the results of my investigations below.
All contents from the web, read and decide for yourself what to belief and what not to belief.

Read this article from Wall Street Journal.
Excerpt:
"By wielding a tough hand, Mr. Abdullah is aggravating the situation. Malaysians don't enjoy the same freedom of speech that other democratic nations enjoy. The press is heavily influenced by government. So one of the few ways for opposition politicians and activists to air their grievances is to get out onto the streets. By denying that right, Mr. Abdullah is challenging the groups to organize bigger rallies."

"damai malaysia"
1) Google Search result = 5,720
No.1 & 2 result belongs to a hotel...
Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Hotel Damai Malaysia - SPECIAL Discount Rates
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www.planetholiday.com/hotels/asia/malaysia/damai/holiday_inn_damai_lagoon_hotel.html

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=damai+malaysia&go=Go
RESULT: No page with that title exists.
WHO ARE THEY?
a) http://maverickysm.blogspot.com/2007/12/damai-represents-silent-majority.html
Excerpt:
"And who are the spokemens of Damai Malaysia? Damai chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud, Damai advisor and Bukit Bintang MCA chief Senator Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng, and Cheras Hindu Youth Organisation vice-president S. Ariivazhagan. ONLY 3 of them!!!
Damai Malaysia representatives also included those from 75 Chinese-based and 20 Indian groups and associations. Do you know how many Chinese-based associations are in Malaysia? Thousands. And 20 Indian groups and associations, not association, and among the 20, only a few associations. But how many Indian associations are there in Malaysia? Check with the registrar of Societies. What a great spin. Do they think we are brainless guys?"
b) http://www.rsi.sg/english/newsline/view/20071207160917/1/.html
Excerpt:
"Who are the people who have created this new group, Damai Malaysia?
LCT: It’s mainly initiated by UMNO and MCA politicians in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Chinese Association (which is the second largest ruling party in the coalition) has a candidate in Bukit Bintang which is the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Lee Chung Meng was one of the key people behind this group. It’s mainly a coalition of mostly pro-government groups and they held a forum to denounce street demonstrations without specifically mentioning names, but mostly likely in response to Hindraf as well as the Bersih coalition gathering on November 10th. I don’t see this as a major group. I think it is just to say that there are people who are unhappy about street demonstrations period."

BERSIH
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersih
RESULT (excerpt):
Bersih, which means "clean" in Malay, is a coalition of Malaysian opposition political parties and NGO's with the stated aim of reforming the electoral process in Malaysia. Specifically, they demand the following reforms:
    * The use of permanent ink to ensure that voters may only vote once.
    * A clean out of the electoral rolls to remove entries that are no longer valid such as deceased people.
    * The abolition of postal votes on the basis that they are easily abused.
    * Perhaps most importantly, Bersih demands that all candidates and political parties have equal access to print and broadcast media.
LANCE> Funny ... that's all these people are asking. They are not criminals, robbers, rapists, dangerous, armed ... they are US (just that they choose to do something about it ... Indians, Malays, Chinese, Singh, etc ... MALAYSIANS)

"hindraf"
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HINDRAF
Excerpt:
"Hindu Rights Action Force is a coalition of 30 Hindu Non-Governmental organizations committed to the preservation of Hindu community rights and heritage in secular Malaysia. The group has led agitations against what they see as an "unofficial policy of temple demolition" and concerns about the steady encroachment of sharia-based law."

"mohd saiful adil mohd daud" - chairman of damai malaysia
Google Search result = 4 (3 by government controlled media and one by a personal blog)
1) The New Straits Times Online......
The memorandum submitted by Damai Malaysia coordinating chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud contained a declaration condemning the organisation of any ...
www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/NewsBreak/20071213121037/Article/index_html - 19 hours ago
2) 'Silent majority has spoken'
In the joint-declaration read by Damai chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud, members expressed their disgust at street demonstrations, and the use of ...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/13/nation/20071213131814&sec=nation - 18 hours ago
3) Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin
Damai chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud, Damai advisor and Bukit Bintang MCA chief Senator Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng, and Cheras Hindu Youth Organisation ...
maverickysm.blogspot.com/
4) Utusan Malaysia Online - Terkini
Memorandum itu, yang diserahkan oleh Pengerusi Penyelaras Damai Malaysia Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud, mengandungi deklarasi mengutuk sebarang penganjuran ...
www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2007&dt=1213&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt... - 14 hours ago


Responses to the article and Damai Malaysia's "Silent Majority"
1) How Dare They Insult Us!!  (Friday, December 14, 2007)
http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-dare-they-insult-us.html
Excerpt:
"I'm sorry, who are Damai Malaysia and who are the supposed 395 NGOs represented by them? Where is the list of those NGOs? So far the ones mentioned are all related to political parties which, in my book, don't count as NGOs."

Zainuddin Maidin

Transcript of Malaysia's Information Minister's interview with Al Jazeera News on the Bersih Protest.

Minister: I commend yo-yo-your journalists trying to project... to exaggerate more than what actually happened. That-that-that-that's it. We are not the-the and I-I congratulate your journalists behaving like an actor, that-that's it...

Reporter: As you say that, sir, we're watching scenes of protesters being sprayed by chemical-filled water!

Minister: YA! I am watching! I'm here! You've been trying... trying to do it this - to do this everywhere but in Malaysia people are allowed to, you know? We know our police head our colleague... Police have whatever allowed the procession to go to the Istana Negara, you know? Do police, first police, like, they handle them, they attack them, they... the police don't, don't, don't fire anybody?

Reporter: Our correspondent came back to the office, sir, with chemicals in his eyes!

Minister:You-you-you-you are here with the idea, you are trying to project, what is your mind! You think that we Pakistan, we are Burma, we are Myanmar. Everything you-you are thinking! WE ARE DIFFERENT! We are totally different!

Reporter: Well unfortunately when you refuse to let people protest, it does appear so.

Minister: Ya ya we are not like you! You-you have earlier perception, you come here, you want to project us like undemocratic country. This a democratic country!

Reporter: So why can't people protest then, if it's a democratic country?

Minister: YES, PEOPLE PROTEST! People do-do... of course they protest. We are allowing them protest, and they have demonstrated. But we just trying to disperse them, and then later they-they-they don't wanna disperse, but later our police compromise. They have compromised and allowed them to proceed to Istana Negara! Police, our police have succeeded in handling them gently, right? Why do you report that? You take the opposition, someone from opposition party you ask him to speak. You don't take from the government, right?

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests...

Minister: Pardon? Pardon? Pardon?

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?

Minister: I can't hear you! I can't hear you!

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?

Minister: No we-we are! We... this protest is illegal! We don't want..this... the... NORMALLY...

Reporter: OK, so let me return to my former question. Why is this protest illegal?

Minister: YA! It's a illegal protest because we have the erection in Malaysia. It's no-no point on having a protest! We are allowing to every erection... every five years never fail! We are not our like, like Myanmar, not like other country. And, and you are helping this. You Al-Jazeera also is helping this, this forces. The, you know, these forces who are not in passion, who don't believe in democracy!

Reporter: Alright, many thanks for joining us.

Minister: I don't, ya, you, Al-Jazeera, this is, is Al-Jazeera attitude. Right?

One thing to note is that I don't blame these people for the traffic nightmare I went thru that day ... I blame the cowardly government and police force; setting up 100% roadblocks, stopping public transport and interrogating pedestrians dressed in yellow ... instead of solving crimes and protecting the public.

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Bersih_rally

The 2007 Bersih Rally was a peaceful march in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 10, 2007. The aim of this walk was to campaign for electoral reform. It was precipitated by allegations of corruption and discrepancies in the Malaysian election system that heavily favored the ruling political party, Barisan Nasional, which has been in power since Malaysia achieved its independence in 1957.

Much of the publicity for the rally was distributed through online media and blogs. Initially, the organisers planned to have a gathering point at Dataran Merdeka square. The police force mobilised its officers and blocked the original venue, causing a change of location.

Consequently, the rally began with gatherings of people at four locations: Sogo department store, Masjid India, Masjid Negara and Pasar Seni. These four groups of people combined into a single group on their march towards the palace gates to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform.[1] Early estimates put the number of attendees between 10,000 to 40,000.[2] Plans called for 100,000 people to join in the rally, and there are claims that this number was indeed achieved, as the many early estimates failed to include those who simultaneously gathered at different locations and those that were barred by police by continuing the walk.

The title of the rally is derived from the name of the organizers, BERSIH (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections).[3] The word "bersih" means clean in Malay.