Pakatan event turns ugly when cops show up
By B Nantha Kumar, FMT
SHAH ALAM: A Pakatan Rakyat event, organised by the PAS Youth wing, turned ugly here last night after the police attempted to seize the yellow Bersih rally T-shirts sold outside the venue.
The event dubbed “Solat Hajat Dan Pidato” at the Malawati Stadium kicked off smoothly at about 7.30pm, starting with a special prayer followed by fiery speeches by Pakatan leaders to some 3,000 supporters.
At the entrance of the stadium, a few PAS members were doing brisk business selling the Bersih rally T-shirts at a stall.
However, at about 10.30pm, four men claiming to be from the Shah Alam district police headquarters converged at the stall and tried to seize the “outlawed” T-shirts.
Two policemen started packing the T-shirts and left the stadium, another started questioning the “stall” owner, while another one was packing the T-shirts.
The situation turned tense when those attending the event realised that the police were “raiding” the stall. About 100 people surrounded the two policemen and demanded that they produce their identity cards.
One of the two men failed to produce his card and was chased out of the venue by opposition supporters. The supporters also took back the seized T-shirts.
Speaking to opposition supporters earlier, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu urged the people to attend the Bersih rally scheduled for July 9.
