After some intense negotiations with the police, the dinner was allowed to proceed at about 8.15pm, but the long list of speakers for the night were unable to proceed with their ceramah as the PA system was confiscated by the police.Earlier, the police had issued a permit for the event but specified that no ceramah was allowed.
"Up to this year, this has never happened before. It is a given that our supporters can hear us speak while they eat," said a DAP party worker.
Since early this afternoon, seven water cannons were parked within the Taman Bayu Tinggi vicinity where the dinner was scheduled to take place.The dinner was organised by Klang MP Charles Santiago, who said in his blog that the police had already cordoned off the area for the dinner at 4.45pm.
Santiago added that he could not reach Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar for clarifications.
When contacted, Santiago's aide told Malaysiakini that the police on the ground wanted the dinner to be held indoors.
Canopies have been erected outside the office.In a twitter update earlier, DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang described the area as a "war zone".
"Bayu Tinggi Klang a war zone, FRU trucks and water cannons. Police armed with M16. Area sealed off.
"Terrorist attack? No. Because of DAP dinner," he stated.
The incident in Klang today bore similarities to police action on a DAP dinner in Sitiawan on May 16, where the police stopped the DVD screening of the May 7 Perak state assembly fracas.
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