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KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- The government has proof that the failed illegal assembly outside Parliament House Monday was planned by the Opposition, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
While expressing his frustration with Opposition leaders for denying they were behind the assembly and instead accusing the government for naming them, Syed Hamid said the authorities received various information about it including that it was planned on July 9.
"Is it fair for the police to ignore public interest by not ensuring peace and security and letting the illegal assembly to take place,?" he told reporters at Parliament House Monday.
Syed Hamid said police had taken appropriate action by setting up road-blocks and limiting access to Parliament House as preventive steps leading to the illegal assembly taking place at Pasar Seni.
Some 20 people including Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth chief, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, were at the 2pm assembly at Pasar Seni after failing to penetrate the police shield around Parliament House.
The assembly dispersed after three minutes when told to do so by police.
"If we did not take such early action the situation could have worsened. We are sad that due to this people were inconvenienced. I apologise to the public and the media who faced difficulty getting to Parliament but thank god our actions made the situation controllable," Syed Hamid said.
He called on the Opposition to not politicise the issue of public peace and security.
During the Dewan Rakyat session, Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) asked Syed Hamid to give a full explanation in the House regarding the organisers of the illegal assembly.
"The intelligence received by the Home Ministry is irresponsible and amounts to preventing (PKR advisor) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from coming to Parliament today," Mohamed Azmin said.
When asked about the explanation sought, Syed Hamid said he would not provide any explanation in the Dewan Rakyat.
"In the Dewan Rakyat there are rules and if I begin to break the rules people will say that I am teaching the Speaker how to run the proceedings," he said.
Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein meanwhile said the police's pro-active actions brought the situation under control.
-- BERNAMA
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