GEORGE TOWN, March 28 — PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, the latest opposition politician in the string of #KitaLawan arrests, is presumed to have been taken to Bukit Aman for his statement to be recorded today.
Permatang Pasir assemblyman Datuk Mohd Salleh Man told Malay Mail Online he was with Mohamad when a large team of policemen in full uniform turned up in Penang and arrested his fellow PAS colleague.
“About 20 of them from Bukit Aman, all attired in full face covered uniform, approached us just as we got down from my car at a restaurant in Sungai Dua at about 12.20am,” the Penang state lawmaker said when contacted.
Mohd Salleh said the PAS Number Two popularly known as Mat Sabu had earlier invited him for a drink so there were just two of them when the police came.
“They were not violent or rough and had approached us in a polite manner and asked Mohamad to cooperate and go with them,” he said.
“He’s probably in Kuala Lumpur now, so far, they’ve not released him yet but I don’t believe they will remand him since they said they only wanted to record his statement,” he added.
Prior to the arrest, Mohamad had chaired the Penang PAS meeting at Pongsu Seribu in Kepala Batas here.
The arrest is believed to be in relation to the #KitaLawan rally at Sogo in Kuala Lumpur later today.
Mohamad was supposed to attend the rally.
Yesterday, other opposition leaders such as PKR vice-presidents Rafizi Ramli and Chua Tian Chang were also arrested in relation to the #KitaLawan rally.
The rally today is to protest the sodomy conviction and imprisonment of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
