KUALA LUMPUR: The home ministry will allow next week’s Bersih rally and similar peaceful gatherings as they do not jeopardise national security.
The minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, said the ministry’s initial monitoring indicated that the Bersih assembly did not require excessive presence of the police, such as Federal Reserve Unit (FRU), as the rally was not a security threat.
“Nevertheless, the FRU and other police units will always be ready,” he told reporters at a gathering with Sembrong-born people in Bukit Kiara here Sunday.
On Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) decision not to allow the gathering to be held at Merdeka Square, Hishammuddin said the people should look at the rationale of the decision. –BERNAMA