Police Disrupts Peaceful Anti-ISA Vigil PJ
Riot police barred activists from holding candlelight vigils to commemorate Internal Security Act's 50th anniversary in eight places around the country.
At Dataran MBPJ, Padang Timur in Petaling Jaya, Selangor - which saw the earliest vigil begin at 8pm -members of the Light Strike Force (LSF) began dispersing the 300-strong crowd just as the latter began signing Negaraku.
Police officers were also seen chasing some protestors out of the Dataran amid shouts of "Hidup, hidup! Hidup rakyat!”, as other personnel formed a line to block more protestors from entering the square.
At least five people were arrested immediately, including Abolish the ISA movement (GMI) chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Parti Sosialis Malaysia secretary-general S Arutchelvan and PKR supreme council member Badrul Hisham Shaharin.
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Aug 1, 2010
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