KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — PKR politicians Rafizi Ramli and Fariz Musa, and social activist Hishammuddin Rais have been released on police bail, a statement from PKR said.

According to the brief one-line statement, the trio are currently at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.

Rafizi and Hishammuddin were both remanded for three days from yesterday to aid investigations into their alleged involvement in the #KitaLawan rally.

Police raided Rafizi’s office yesterday and confiscated several items believed to be related to the event that took place on Saturday.

Fariz, on the other hand, was arrested for sedition shortly after demonstrators who took part in the rally dispersed in peace.

The police have been arresting opposition leaders in an ever-widening dragnet over the #KitaLawan rally series held to pressure for the release of jailed Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Apart from Rafizi and Fariz, another PKR leader, party vice-president Chua Tian Chang has also been taken into police custody.

On Friday, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, was picked up from Penang and sent to Bukit Aman the following day.

Yesterday, police picked up PAS central committee member and Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad in a pre-dawn swoop on his house. He was released later.

Human rights lawyers have criticised the police for the arrests, calling the action a preemptive strike to prevent the rally from taking place.

Sedition probes have also been initiated against political cartoonist Zunar, Penang state executive councillor Dr Afif Bahardin, Parti Sosialis Malaysia secretary-general S. Arutchelvan, civil liberties lawyers Eric Paulsen and Michelle Yesudas.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar yesterday defended the arrests by saying that while the police “respected” the freedom of expression and speech, there will be no “compromise” against those who caused public unrest.