Pandemonium Malaysia Has Erupted A long 29/04/2012

Malaysia 29 April 2012 : PAS urged the police to carry out investigations against individuals who cut the wire obstacle at Bersih 3.0 assembly yesterday. Vice President of PAS, Mohamad Sabu, said these people who say that the person looks professional while cutting barbed wire that placed around the square. “Individuals involved is seen as professional as he can cut the barbed wire quickly, which ultimately provides an opportunity for police to ‘terrorize’ after that,” he said at a press
conference held at the General Office of the PAS, today. In the meantime, he also claimed that this assembly showed an increase in police violence against a collection of players.''

In the meantime , Chairman of the Legal Lajnah Centre PAS, Asmuni Awi also expressed regret with the violent actions of the police against a collection of participants Bersih 3.0. He who came down with nearly 70 lawyers to monitor the collection also questioned the police action ‘hunting’ the public. “The prohibition is issued to entering the square. Why the police hunt outside the public square? ” he asked the turt and at the press conference. Joining them at the press conference, Assistant Secretary General of PAS, Dr. Syed Azman Syed Nawawi; Director of Elections Centre PAS, Dr. Mohd Hatta Md. Ramli, and several PAS legal representation.''

The situation around Dataran Merdeka here where an illegal gathering got underway was under control although there were some incidences of demonstrators resorting to wild behavior, according to police. City police media centre head ACP Rasdi Ramli said that there had been no serious untoward incidents, Bernama reported.''

 Pandemonium has erupted along Jalan Raja Laut as defiant protesters armed with planks and water bottles charged at the police. Both the police and the protesters have also erected barricades near the closed LRT station, with the former using piles of rubbish and discarded planks.''

“Police are monitoring the situation closely and will make sure public order is preserved and not threatened by any party,” he said in a statement here. He said as of 1pm, some 25,000 demonstrators had gathered around  Dataran Merdeka. On Friday, police had obtained a Magistrate’s Court order barring the organisers of the assembly and the public from convening at Dataran Merdeka from midnight Saturday until May 1. Offenders are liable to be prosecuted under Section 188 of the Penal Code whereby they can be jailed up to six months or fined or both, if convicted. Meanwhile, police also made available several video clips which showed some of the demonstrators behaving wildly and parents bringing their little children to the assembly, which is an offence under the Peaceful Assemblies Act 2011. Separately, AFP reported that the otherwise peaceful rally yesterday was disrupted when hundreds of protesters angry at being denied access to the square trampled razor wire and pushed aside barricades to pour in, where they were met with teargas and chemical-laced water. As white teargas smoke filled the air and drifted down nearby streets, riot police quickly forced back the protesters who had entered the square and regained control.''

Dozens of people rounded up by police were seen being held inside a police truck.

Nearby, protesters retaliated by throwing empty water bottles at police. A police spokesman confirmed that there were arrests but gave no figures. He defended the police response.''

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