Police to probe Sentul ceramah organisers
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ceramah Solidariti organised by PKR in front of the Sentul Urban Transformation Centre
(UTC) here on Friday night to introduce P. Prabakaran, an independent candidate who will contest on behalf of PKR, has neither obtained any approval from the Election Commission nor the police.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner R. Munusamy said police only received a note from the opposition stating that there would be an election ceramah.
“They (PKR) only sent in the application for a ceramah in the evening, and no approval was given as the party has no candidate contesting in the area.
“Moreover, they have to provide a 10-day notice before the ceramah,” he said adding that Prabakaran also failed apply for a permit.
Munusamy said the police would investigate the ceramah organisers under Section 9 of the Peaceful Assembly Act (APA) 2012 as they had flouted the law.
Munusamy said the police were at the location to keep things in check.
Prabakaran will be contesting for PKR after the party’s candidate, Tian Chua, exhausted his legal avenues in challenging the returning officer’s decision to disqualify him due to a RM2,000 fine imposed by the courts.
The ceramah caused a traffic snarl around PPR Sri Perak here.