KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — Sungai Besar Umno division chief Datuk Jamal Md Yunos said tonight he will take legal action against the media organisations that had “sensationalised” his warning earlier this week of a possible riot today at Petaling Street.
Jamal, a spokesman for the #Merah169 rally last week, blamed the media for his arrest and overnight detention, insisting that it would not have happened if the media had not twisted his remarks.
“I felt the media, especially those who are pro-Pakatan, sensationalised the statement I made on the day I lodged a police report at IPD Ampang, which resulted in my arrest,” he told the reporters outside the Dang Wangi district police headquarters tonight, shortly after his release from lockup.
“It is unfair. I will take legal action… my lawyer will deliberate which media had taken my words out of context.”
Jamal was arrested last night at the Ampang Jaya district police headquarters over his warning earlier this week that there could be a riot at Petaling Street today.
KL CID chief Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad told Malay Mail Online that Jamal was arrested under Section 105 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which allows for an arrest without warrant to prevent “seizable offences”.
Jamal, who is also president of the Coalition of Malay NGOs that organised the Himpunan Maruah Melayu (Malay Dignity Rally) version of #Merah169, had on Wednesday said that authorities’ failure to take action on Petaling Street traders allegedly selling fake goods will inevitably force “red shirt” protesters to return there today and possibly “riot”.
Following public backlash against his “warning”, Jamal sent a statement yesterday to clarify his remark and denied he was organising the purported gathering today.
During the September 16 #Merah169 rally, protesters tried to breach breach a police barricade blocking entry into Petaling Street, in a bid to reach the area known as “Chinatown” that Jamal later claimed was Chinese dominated and prejudicial against Malays.
The incident forced the police to use water cannons to disperse the crowd that lingered on despite the use of force.
The protesters dispersed only when Jamal came and promised them that he would press the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry to take action against Petaling Street traders for selling counterfeits and, according to him, pornographic material.
MALAY MAIL ONLINE
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