KUALA LUMPUR: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and vice-chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw denied attending a meeting with Pakatan Rakyat leaders on July 9 on the alleged Monday rally.
DAP has called for a retraction from Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar who said Monday that the meeting was attended by various leaders, including Kit Siang, Guan Eng, Dr Tan and PAS treasurer Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli.
DAP claims there was no such meeting among the Pakatan top leadership.
Kit Siang added that there should be a public inquiry into the massive road blocks on Monday.
He also called for Syed Hamid to resign if he failed to provide an explanation for the massive jams on Monday.
Source : The Star
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Minister: Police action justified
Source : The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The police action of putting up roadblocks in the city for three days is justifiable based on the intelligence gathered, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Albar. He told a press conference at his office in Parliament yesterday that the information included blog postings and the SMS sent out inviting people to gather at Parliament yesterday.
“The blogs calling for people to turn up were 1426.blogspot.com and zul4kulim.blogspot.com,” he revealed. Syed Hamid said intelligence was also gathered from a July 9 meeting chaired by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. at the PKR headquarters. “Anwar said at the meeting that some BN MPs would give support to PKR (on the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister) and he would then lead the demonstration at Parliament,” he added.
Syed Hamid said the meeting was attended by various leaders, including DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, DAP vice-chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw and PAS treasurer Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli.
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