KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.:
Six people, including three Parti Keadilan Rakyat members of parliament, were detained by police for gathering illegally in front of the Istana Negara at 10.30am today.
The three were R. Sivarasa (Subang), S. Manikavasagam (Kapar) and Zuraida Kamaruddin (Ampang).
The other three were the gathering’s organising committee member Lourdes Mary, human rights lawyer N. Surendran and Zuraida’s special assistant Salmah Ismail.
Brickfields OCPD ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said they were taken to the Brickfields police station for questioning and freed on police bail at noon.
It is understood that the gathering by that began at 10am was to celebrate Father’s Day by 70 children whose fathers are currently detained under the Internal Security Act.
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