The aftermath

The road leading to the Parliament building was swarming with police personnel who were on a mission - Stop Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) members from entering the August House.

(Source: Malaysiakini: Mission accomplished: 'Bersih 8' sneak in memo)

KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested 29 people who snubbed a court order and went ahead with an illegal gathering at the Parliament House yesterday.

They were detained after they showed up to submit a Bersih memorandum to protest against the Constitution (Amendment) Bill to extend Election Commission members’ retirement age from 65 to 66.

• Parti Keadilan Rakyat, PAS and Parti Socialist Malaysia leaders were among those arrested at Parliament House.
• The Dewan Rakyat passed the Bill yesterday with more than a two-thirds majority after Opposition MPs staged a walkout.
• Seventeen of those arrested were released on police bail and the rest freed unconditionally.

(Source: The Star: 29 nabbed at illegal gathering at Parliament House)

OPPOSITION members present at Dewan Rakyat yesterday staged a walkout five minutes before a vote was taken to amend the Constitution to extend the retirement age of seven Election Commission members from 65 to 66 years.

(Source: NST: Dewan Rakyat: Walkout over bill to extend retirement age)

KUALA LUMPUR: In a dramatic sequence of events, Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal adviser P. Uthayakumar was arrested twice over alleged seditious offences yesterday.

At 9.20am, policemen picked him up outside a shopping mall in Bangsar and brought him to a Sessions Court at noon to face a charge of publishing a seditious letter on a website.

Eight hours later, after he posted bail of RM50,000 for allegedly posting the Nov 15 letter on the Police Watch website, he was arrested again at the lobby of the Jalan Duta court complex.

By 7pm, his lawyer M. Manoharan said Uthayakumar had been taken to the Pudu prison in connection with another sedition case.

(Source: The Star: Hindraf leader nabbed, freed on bail, nabbed again over alleged sedition)

KUALA KRAI: The 38 people who fell sick while being stranded in the jungle with more than 100 participants of an off-road expedition, have been rescued.

A team of VAT 69 police commandos helped them out, some on piggybacks, to the search and rescue operations centre at SMK Lakloh, about 270km from Kota Baru, where they were given first aid.

(Source: The Star: Commandos rescue 38 stranded in jungle)