PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a Red Shirt leader, Armand Azha Abu Hanifah, Perak assemblyman Howard Lee Chuan How, and graphic artist Fahmi Reza after rallies by the two rival groups ended today.
Armand, a member of Umno Youth’s executive council, was arrested at Padang Merbok after a speech in support of the Red Shirts movement.
Lee, who is the assemblyman for Pasir Pinji, was arrested at the NU Sentral shopping centre in Brickfields, according to a report in Berita Harian.
Both men are being investigated under a Penal Code provision on rioting.
Fahmi posted on Facebook that he had been arrested at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre shopping complex just after the Bersih 5 rally ended and was being taken to KL police headquarters. Earlier this year, the graphic artist was detained after posting a caricature of the prime minister Najib Razak in clown face.
Armand, 41, had earlier said at a press conference at Padang Merbok that public misconceptions about the Red Shirts movement were caused by the “Red Bean Army” of online activists who support the DAP.
He said the Red Shirt group was not racist nor radical but sought to unite all Malaysians.