We kept police in the loop, Women’s Day march organisers insist
Demonstrators take part in a march in conjunction with International Women's Day in Kuala Lumpur March 9, 2018. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
The committee claimed that Rudy’s statement gave the public the impression that they had acted like a guilty party avoiding the police. “We continue to be accessible to the police, including acknowledging and accepting their request for us to be questioned,” the committee said in a statement, today. Meanwhile, social activist Juana Jaafar had on Twitter raised the concern that the organisers hauled for questioning were investigated under the Peaceful Assembly Act 9 and Sedition Act 4 .
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