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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Rafizi fourth PKR member arrested for Anwar rally

PKR's Rafizi Ramli (left) has been arrested this evening over the #KitaLawan rally, joining fellow party member Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in the Dang Wangi police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. – Photo taken from Rafizi Ramli's Facebook page.PKR's Rafizi Ramli (left) has been arrested this evening over the #KitaLawan rally, joining fellow party member Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in the Dang Wangi police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. – Photo taken from Rafizi Ramli's Facebook page.Police have detained PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli this evening over last weekend's rally in Kuala Lumpur, just after he lodged a report against the controversial 1Malaysia Development Bhd's debts.
The Pandan MP is the fourth PKR member held for the rally to protest party de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's jail sentence for a sodomy conviction.
Rafizi confirmed his arrest in a tweet.
PKR, in a statement this evening, said Rafizi was arrested at 7pm at the Dang Wangi police headquarters under Section 143 of the Penal Code and Section 9 (5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act.
The party said the detention was likely to be over his participation in the #KitaLawan rally from Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to KLCC on March 7.
Earlier today PKR leader, Mohd Fariz Musa, was arrested over the same rally.
He was arrested at the Dang Wangi police headquarters at 11.45am today when he presented himself to give a statement to the police who had called him in for questioning, his lawyer Melissa Sasidaran said.
Up till now Fariz is still at the station.
"Police have not taken his statement yet. Whether he will be freed or held in remand until tomorrow, we are not sure yet," Melissa told The Malaysian Insider.
The New Straits Times online, however, quoted Kuala Lumpur police Criminal Investigation Department chief SAC Zainuddin Ahmad as saying that Fariz was held for unlawful assembly.
Fariz, 45, is being questioned under Section 143 of the Penal Code, but Melissa added that she was informed that he was also being held under Section 9 (5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act, which the lawyer said was unconstitutional.
"I do not know why the police are still using that act when the court had already decided that the Peaceful Assembly Act cannot be used against demonstrations," she said, referring to the Court of Appeal judgment last year that the act could not be used to criminalise peaceful demonstrations.
PKR Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who is also a Selangor lawmaker, is also under remand until tomorrow over the same rally. Kelana Jaya PKR Youth leader Saifullah Zulkifli had also been arrested over the same demonstration.
The rally on Saturday in the heart of the capital city reportedly drew 5,000 to 10,000, according to various estimates, and was aimed at putting pressure on Putrajaya to release opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from jail following the Federal Court verdict upholding his sodomy conviction on February 10.
Police had allowed Saturday's rally to proceed smoothly, but began rounding up its organisers from PKR the next day.
- TMI

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