PKR vice-president Tian Chua has been summoned by police to record his statement over the recent anti-government #KitaLawan rallies following what seemed a ‘foiled’ attempt to arrest him at his residence just before midnight on Thursday.
The Batu MP is expected to appear at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 11am, here today.
Chua’s supposed midnight detention was foiled Subang MP and lawyer, R. Sivarasa who questioned the grounds for the midnight arrest and put forward several arguments with the police officers.
In a tweet posted by Sivarasa last night, he said: "it is a contempt of Parliament to harass MPs at midnight”.
It is understood that Inspector Ridzuan who led the arrest team finally conceded and agreed to record Chua’s statements today.
Chua will be expected to make his statements at the police station but whether or not he will be remanded is still not certain.
Tian Chua tweeted that about six to eight officers were in front of his premise last night and it seemed that they were about to arrest and detain him.
Shortly after the police left his residence at 1am, Tian Chua tweeted citing that Inspector Ridzuan had apologised for the arrest.
When contacted by Astro AWANI today, Tian Chua said he had initially agreed to record his statements on Sunday prior to the unexpected probe by police early Friday.
In a different developnment, socialist youth leader, K.S. Bawani had been summoned by the police to record her statement on the #KitaLawan rallies.
When contacted, Bawani said she will be accompanied by a team of counsel led from legal firm, Bon Advocates.
Tian Chua will be the 11th person under the police investigation for the #KitaLawan rallies. On Tuesday, Subang PKR member, S.Jayathas was detained by police to record his statement over the recent rallies held near Sogo shopping complex early this month.
Sathesh Raj
Fri Mar 20 2015
Tian Chua is required to report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 11am.- File Photo
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