DAP condemns the arrests by BN of DAP leaders, National Organising Secretary and MP for Seremban Anthony Loke and Selangor State Committee member Ronnie Liu earlier this evening as well as Bersih leaders, including Maria Chin Abdullah. Will there be more arrests in this latest police crackdown on the Bersih rally tomorrow under the so-called preventive detention?
DAP will not be surprised if the police would also arrest some red-shirt leaders to provide some sort of impression of fair-treatment to justify the action against opposition and Bersih leaders. DAP calls on BN to uphold the principle of peaceful freedom of assembly by allowing those who gather peacefully and acting against those who use violence.