KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 7: PAS central committee member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has blasted the police over its latest order banning 91 individuals from entering the city centre on Saturday.
"The restriction order (to bar the 91 individuals) is most irresponsible and a great betrayal to democratic practices as provided by the Federal Constitution," said the Kuala Selangor MP (left), who is among those in the list issued by the police today as part of its crackdown to prevent the July 9 Bersih rally at Stadium Merdeka.
"It is a desperate act and they certainly have got instructions from their political masters. The people will strongly reject such actions to deny them their rights.
"This is a black day in the country's politics," he told TVPas, adding that the latest action was another instance of how the judiciary was further abused and undermined.
Dzulkefly said the police action was proof that they had malicious intent from the start despite statements promising cooperation to allow the rally proceed in a stadium setting.
"If they think by doing so they can stop the people's anger, they are mistaken," he said.
In 2007, the police obtained a similar injunction against Bersih representatives to prevent them from entering the parliament building to hand over their memorandum on electoral reforms.
This time around, the list includes most top leaders from Pakatan Rakyat and Bersih 2.0, as well as from UMNO Youth and Perkasa, both of whom want to hold counter-gatherings to stop the Bersih rally. Among the restricted areas include roads surrounding the National Palace, where Bersih chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan should travel in order to hand over the memorandum on electoral reforms to the Agong. Ambiga had earlier said only a small of group of less than ten people would accompany her.
Some notable names of leaders missing from the list of banned persons are DAP chairman Karpal Singh, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, PAS vice presidents Mahfuz Omar and Husam Musa, and information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.
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