26 arrested outside Parliament
They were detained outside the Parliament building for trying to breach a police cordon
(FMT) – Some 26 people have been arrested outside Parliament an hour ago after they tried to breach a police cordon stopping them from entering the building.
The group, which had camped at Padang Merbok since Saturday’s Black 505 rally, marched to the Parliament building which is about 1km from the field.
They had their camps dismantled by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall at about 4.30am this morning.
They had camped in Padang Merbok demanding that the resignation of the Election Commission top officials, claiming that the Commission had failed to conduct a fair and free general election.
They marched from Padang Merbok and demanded entry into Parliament grounds which was refused by the police.
They then lied-down on the road leading towards the Parliament building to show their protest. The police numbering about 300 personal had set up a human barricade some 800 metres from parliament gates.
Among those detained are student activists Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Mohd Safwan Anang. The 26 include eight protesters who surrendered themselves.
