ACP Jamaluddin Ibrahim
MIRI: Police yesterday advised members of the public not to be involved in any local rally which support the Bersih 2.0 rally which is scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur on July 9.
Miri district police chief ACP Jamaluddin Ibrahim said unless they had a permit to stage the rally as required by law, stern legal action would be taken against everyone involved.
He also advised members of the public not to wear yellow T-shirts this Saturday as they might be subjected to scrutiny by his men.
“At the moment, Miri police have yet to receive any application for permit to hold the rally in support of the Bersih 2.0,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.
He was asked to comment on recent news report that such rallies might be held here, in Bintulu, Sibu and Kuching.
State DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng told a press conference in Sibu on Tuesday that all its 12 assemblypersons in the state would assemble in Kuching this Saturday to lend support to the Bersih 2.0 rally which calls for fair and free elections.
On comments made by the opposition concerning the arrest and remand of state PKR Youth secretary Zolhaidah Suboh on Monday at Miri Airport, ACP Jamaluddin explained that the move was made under Section 47 of the Society Act 1966 to facilitate investigation.
Zolhaidah, 38, who was wearing a yellow T-shirt printed with the words ‘Bersih 2.0’, was arrested upon emerging from the arrival hall of the airport after a flight from Kuching.
Thus far no further arrest or criminal offences in connection with the rally have been made.
Meanwhile, Piasau assemblyman Alan Ling Sie Kiong told a press conference here on Tuesday that the remand was “unnecessary” and the grounds stated by the police were inadequate.
Ling, who is Zolhaidah’s counsel, said S. Manikavasagam was detained and investigated by the police under the same section but was
released four hours later after his statement was recorded.
Thus, he said, the police here should have the same capability and efficiency in completing their investigation fast in Zolhaidah’s case.
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