31 arrested at PKR ceramah

SUNGAI PETANI: The 31 people arrested by police at the illegal PKR ceramah by the party’s de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here on Monday night have been released on police bail.

They were released at about 3.30am Tuesday morning.

The 31 detainees -- PKR leaders, a senator and members of the public -- were detained for taking part in an illegal assembly, Kedah police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said when contacted Tuesday.

“The police had asked the people to disperse but they were stubborn. So the police were forced to disperse the crowd ourselves,” he said.

In the Monday night incident, Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse a large crowd that had gathered at Taman Ria Jaya here to listen to a ceramah (public address) by Anwar, who was there to launch the Kedah PKR Wanita operation centre.

The situation intensified as angry PKR supporters refused to leave and began to retaliate against the police action, jeering FRU personnel and throwing stones and other objects at them.

Star Online
24/03/09

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