Police tighten watch to prevent entry of items promoting illegal rally

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KUCHING: Sarawak police will tighten monitoring of all places particularly at the border to ensure no promotional items for the July 9 illegal rally be brought into the state, state police commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said today.

“We will conduct close surveillance at the entry/exit points, particularly at the Sarawak-Kalimantan (Indonesia) border, to stop the entry of any materials such pamphlets, T-shirts and banners printed in the neighbouring country.

“Apart from stringent control at the border, police will also check closely on visitors from the neighbouring country,” he told a news conference, here, today.

The illegal assembly planned for July 9 is said to be held at the same time in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and here.

Until today, Mohmad said no promotional items for the illegal gathering had been detected.  – Bernama