Husam arrested while heading to Black505 rally
Chua Sue-Ann, fz.com
PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa has been arrested by police while he was making his way to Padang Merbok to attend the Black505 rally.
In a text message to fz.com, Husam confirmed that he is currently held at the Ampang police station.
“The police gave the excuse that the Kelantan police gave instruction to arrest me.
“But I think the real reason is to stop me from going to Padang Merbok,” Husam said.
According to Husam, he had given a ceramah in Kelantan two days ago but there was no moves by the police there to approach him or arrest him.
Husam had contested the Putrajaya parliamentary seat in the May 5 polls but lost to Umno strongman and incumbent Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Husam, however, managed to successfully defend the Salor state seat in Kelantan. The opposition politician is also the frontman for pressure group Royalti, which is pushing for more oil royalty payments to Kelantan and other oil producing states.
At today’s rally, a group of Royalti activists were marching alongside other rally participants.
