The commotion at the Nothing to Hide 2.0 forum today was allegedly committed to sabotage the course of the event as well to attack the PPBM chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Head of PPBM Armada Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman made such statement at a press conference which was held around 6.30pm.

"The act of throwing chairs, bottles and flares towards the stage shows they that deliberately targeted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad," he said.

According to him, the forum that started at 4.10pm went on smoothly for an hour and a half before the chaos breaks out.

Syed Saddiq also claimed that the attack was done by those who disguised themselves as Armada members.

Syed Saddiq said his party criticized the act regardless of the party's background, as well as asking the authorities to continue investigating.

A riot erupted at the venue of Nothing To Hide 2.0 event featuring Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, this afternoon.