KUALA LUMPUR, SUN: Police today obtained a court order barring any rally from being held within a five-kilometre radius of Parliament House tomorrow. The ex-parte order was obtained from magistrate Nazran Mohd Sham of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.The order, which was applied for by Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Sofian Md Yassin, specifically prohibits Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his supporters from being in the area as well as holding any rally or participating in it.
The order stated that the Court had found Anwar to be planning to hold a rally on Monday at 10am to support a no-confidence motion to be tabled in Parliament against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Brickfields police deputy chief Superintendent Azri Abd Rahman said copies of the order were printed immediately after it was obtained.“Our (Kuala Lumpur) districts received orders to post copies of the orders at public areas to notify the public,” he said yesterday.Most major roads into the city experienced traffic jams this afternoon as police continued an operation, codenamed Ops Padam, which began at 2pm yesterday.
The police blockade mounted at 12 entry points, including the Federal Highway near the Kota Darul Ehsan arch and the Damansara-Puchong Expressway, had reduced traffic flow to a crawl.
It is learnt that policemen at the road blocks were told to be on the lookout for buses or vehicles carrying flags or banners of a particular political party.
Any vehicle with people wearing T-shirts or carrying posters of the political party would be stopped from entering the city.
City police chief Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman told media yesterday that the roadblocks would continue until further notice.He had also apologised to the public for any inconvenience caused.
Starting 7am tomorrow, all roads leading to Parliament House will be cordoned off to all but members of Parliament and those on duty there.
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