The move of
BN leaders was political. The people only requested to sit peacefully at
Dataran Merdeka. So the mess was created by the authorities. They have
unnecessarily wasted the people’s money.
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UPDATED @ 06:17:05 PM 19-06-2012
June 19, 2012
DBKL is threatening to sue unless Bersih makes payment within a fortnight. — File pic
The Malaysian Insider understands a letter of demand was sent to Bersih
co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan as well as steering committee member Maria
Chin Abdullah this morning.
The letter, signed by DBKL director Datuk Haji
Salleh Yusup, gave the two Bersih leaders 14 days to make the payment, failing
which legal action would be initiated.
“Yes,
I received the letter of demand this morning. We have referred it to our
lawyers and they will be responding to it,” Ambiga told The Malaysian Insider.
A copy of the letter made available to The
Malaysian Insider quoted Salleh as saying that the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28
has caused “chaos” in Kuala Lumpur
According to the letter, the department of
landscape and recreation incurred RM74,552 in losses and RM19,654 to erect
steel barriers around Dataran Merdeka.
DBKL’s department of mechanical and electrical
engineering sustained RM26, 856.95 in losses while the department of urban
transport logged RM5,900 in damages to “signboards and billboards” around the
city.
DBKL has also demanded Bersih pay for the
overtime costs of its officers who were on duty that day, saying that the
accumulated costs for transport, food and drinks amounted to RM224,240.
“Even though you were not allowed by the KL Mayor
[and] police to organise the Bersih 3.0 rally in Dataran Merdeka, and even
though there was a court order dated April 26... (both of you) still went ahead
with the rally on April 28, which went out of control and caused chaos and
destruction of public property,” said the letter.
Tens of thousands had thronged the federal
capital city’s streets on April 28 for the election watchdog’s third rally for
free and fair elections.
The opposition-backed protest had kicked off
peacefully but turned chaotic shortly after 3pm when several protesters
breached the three-tiered barricades surrounding the historic Dataran Merdeka,
which had been blocked off to them via a court order obtained by the police.
A parliamentary reply later said the police
fired a total of 967 tear gas canisters and grenades at the crowd, which the
Information Ministry estimated to be 22,270 according to pictures taken by
state news agency Bernama.
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