By NNN-Bernama
Kuala Lumpur : Nine of the 160 participants of the gathering organised by an unregistered organisation, Hindraf, Saturday morning will be remanded beginning Sunday, said Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman.
He said eight of them were men while the other was a woman, adding that an eleven-year-old girl was released after her particulars were taken.
“Our decision to use the water cannon succeeded in dispersing the crowd. However, we must emphasise that we had never attempted to enter the temple to disperse the crowd as alleged by certain parties.
“We respect their house of worship although we know that the practice of the participants of any illegal gathering is to seek refuge in temples nearby,” he told reporters at his office, here Saturday.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Sabtu said a police constable fractured his ankle after being pushed down while attempting to disperse the crowd.
“The incident occurred near the Masjid Jamek LRT station when Constable Mohd Farid Mohd Anwar, 20, from the service branch of Bukit Aman was dispersing the crowd.
“He has been warded at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) and police are now tracking down the suspect involved,” he said.
Muhammad Sabtu said police would continue to maintain security in the area although several roads that had been closed to traffic earlier had been reopened beginning Saturday afternoon.