PETALING JAYA: Police dispersed a crowd of about 200 people gathered at a field opposite the Amcorp Mall here on Sunday night to mark the first anniversary of the Bersih rally, arresting about two dozen people as well.
The rally was to commemorate the march last November that called for a free and fair general election.
Among those arrested were PJ Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua, Kampung Tunku state assemblyman Lau Weng San, MBPJ counsellor Tiew Fei Chin and a videographer from the Malaysiakini news portal.
They were detained by plainclothes policemen in front of the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) building about 2km from the Amcorp Mall, where the crowd was heading towards to hold a candlelight vigil.
Pua was seen being thrown into a police truck.
WHY Thrown A MP?
According to Bersih member Wong Chin Huat, they were singing the national anthem when they were detained.
SINGING NATIONAL ANTHEM ALSO KENA TANGKAP, POLIS REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
Source: Star