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(Sept 3): Police will summon more individuals who were involved in last weekend’s Bersih 4 rally, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today.

He said police were now studying video clips and photographs taken of the 34-hour street demonstration and would decide what action to take.

"If any wrongdoing has been committed, we cannot just let it be.

"We will investigate all unsavoury actions committed," he told reporters today at an event on global security technology at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Among these actions, Khalid added, was an incident in which people had urinated on a photo of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

On the incident where individuals had stomped on Najib's photo and also a photo of PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, Khalid said the police are trying to identify the persons involved.

He welcomed anyone with information or who knew the individuals to help the police in their investigations.

Khalid was also asked why police did not move in on protestors throughout the 34-hour rally, which ended peacefully before midnight on Aug 30.

He said the rally was illegal as the authorities had never approved it.

"But when it started, we were able to manage it and now we will take the appropriate action after this," he said.

Lawyers, however, have said that the police are wrong in declaring the rally illegal since there is no law that criminalises peaceful assembly which is also provided for under the Federal Constitution. – The Malaysian Insider

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