Thousand Umno Members And Supporters Illegal Gathering At Penang

About 1,000 Umno members and supporters staged an one-hour protest outside the Penang state government office in Komtar after Friday prayers around 2.30pm.

The protest, led by Penang Umno secretary Azhar Ibrahim which gathered outside Komtar to protest Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's declaration that the new DAP-led state government would do away with the New Economic Policy (NEP) policies.

Earlier today, Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan had warned that the gathering in Komtar would be declared illegal and arrests would be made against the protestors. About eight FRU trucks armed with water cannons were deployed and the crowd dispersed after the police gave the protestors a five-minute ultimatum.

Unlike the rallies in Kuala Lumpur, the police didn't use the water canon to spry water with chimical toward the crowd. No tear gas was deploy to dispersed the crowd either. However, no arrests were made but only a number of banners and posters were seized but no arrests were made.