Perak Pakatan takes aim at state police chief

(The Star) – The Perak Pakatan Rakyat has targeted the state police chief, accusing him of disrespecting the royal institution over the words “Daulat Tuanku”.

Perak DAP chief Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham said Deputy Comm Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah should apologise to the Rulers for allegedly terming the words “Daulat Tuanku” seditious.

Ngeh was referring to the arrest of five workers who were placing stickers which read “Daulat Tuanku, Bubarkan DUN” onto a big yellow balloon for the launch of Pakatan’s three-day hunger strike on Tues day.

DCP Zulkifli had said that the five, who were workers of the events management firm hired by Pakatan to set up the launch, had been arrested under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act.

“If we cannot call Tuanku ‘Daulat Tuanku’ then something is very wrong here,” Ngeh said after Pakatan representatives planted 10 more ‘democracy’ trees at Medan Istana here yesterday.

Besides the five, 14 others, including eight elected representatives, were also detained for an illegal gathering.

Two others were arrested late Tuesday night while they were standing at the entrance to the Perak DAP headquarters awaiting the arrival of several assemblymen for an indoor candlelight vigil.

All the 21 people detained were released before midnight.