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Ismail also attributed the smooth crowd control to systematic and professional policing, adding that the number this time was not as large as the gathering for the 2007 Bersih rally due to the steps taken.
“We used very minimum amount of tear gas to disperse the crowd,” he said, adding that although the demonstrators started gathering at around 9am, their numbers only grew by 2pm.
Ismail also said roadblocks mounted by the police were lifted by 7pm.
He also denied allegations that the police team had fired tear gas into the Tung Shin Hospital grounds to disperse crowds gathered there.
In Perak, five men, believed to be on their way to join the Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur, were arrested at two separate places.
Batu Gajah OCPD Asst Comm Najib Mohamad said police nabbed four men at the Batu Gajah railway station at 11am yesterday and seized several bags of salt packets believed for use during the rally. They were later released.
In Ipoh, state CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Mohd Dzuraidi Ibrahim said a man with Bersih 2.0 T-shirt was picked up at the Medan Gopeng bus station at 9.40pm on Friday.
In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said three people, aged between 28 and 39, planning to hold a similar Bersih 2.0 rally here were detained at a roadblock at Kg Muhibbah in Tuaran at 3.30pm.
KUALA
LUMPUR: A total of 1,667 people were arrested for taking part in
various rallies in the city, said Inspector General of Police Tan Sri
Ismail Omar.
He said all those arrested, including 151 women and 16 children, were taken to the police training centre (Pulapol) in Jalan Semarak where they were fed and given medical treatment.
“I was told that there are allegations of high-handedness and police brutality by certain people. I urge those making such allegations to lodge reports and we will act against any policeman if these were found to be true,” he said.
By 11pm, all those detained were released.
Besides Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, those picked up included PKR's Gombak MP Azmin Ali, Subang MP R. Sivarasa and Batu MP Tian Chua, and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, his deputy Mohamad Sabu and vice-presidents Mahfuz Omar and Salahuddin Ayub.
He said all those arrested, including 151 women and 16 children, were taken to the police training centre (Pulapol) in Jalan Semarak where they were fed and given medical treatment.
“I was told that there are allegations of high-handedness and police brutality by certain people. I urge those making such allegations to lodge reports and we will act against any policeman if these were found to be true,” he said.
By 11pm, all those detained were released.
Besides Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, those picked up included PKR's Gombak MP Azmin Ali, Subang MP R. Sivarasa and Batu MP Tian Chua, and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, his deputy Mohamad Sabu and vice-presidents Mahfuz Omar and Salahuddin Ayub.
Ismail also attributed the smooth crowd control to systematic and professional policing, adding that the number this time was not as large as the gathering for the 2007 Bersih rally due to the steps taken.
“We used very minimum amount of tear gas to disperse the crowd,” he said, adding that although the demonstrators started gathering at around 9am, their numbers only grew by 2pm.
Ismail also said roadblocks mounted by the police were lifted by 7pm.
He also denied allegations that the police team had fired tear gas into the Tung Shin Hospital grounds to disperse crowds gathered there.
In Perak, five men, believed to be on their way to join the Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur, were arrested at two separate places.
Batu Gajah OCPD Asst Comm Najib Mohamad said police nabbed four men at the Batu Gajah railway station at 11am yesterday and seized several bags of salt packets believed for use during the rally. They were later released.
In Ipoh, state CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Mohd Dzuraidi Ibrahim said a man with Bersih 2.0 T-shirt was picked up at the Medan Gopeng bus station at 9.40pm on Friday.
In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said three people, aged between 28 and 39, planning to hold a similar Bersih 2.0 rally here were detained at a roadblock at Kg Muhibbah in Tuaran at 3.30pm.
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