PAS deputy president Mohamed Sabu was knocked down by police as he was riding pillion on a motorcycle today and has “badly injured” his right knee, PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah said.
Mohamed, better known as Mat Sabu, was said to have been heading to Masjid Negara at around 12.30pm earlier when a police car allegedly knocked into the motorcycle deliberately, causing it to fall.
“His right knee is badly injured. Although not broken he cannot walk on it. He cannot stand without assistance,” Sivarasa (picture) said in an email today.
“My view is that he needs to be in hospital not in lock-up. He was taken there earlier for treatment but brought back to Jinjang.”
As at 2.30pm today police confirmed that they arrested 672 people during the Bersih march, including Bersih chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS vice-presidents Datuk Mahfuz Omar and Salahuddin Ayub, as well as a number of other Pakatan Rakyat and Bersih leaders.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and the wing’s committee member Lokman Adam have also been detained.
Those arrested were picked up at various checkpoints across the city when today’s march descended into chaos after police fired tear gas canisters and water cannons at the tens of thousands of people who gathered to support Bersih 2.0’s call for electoral reform.
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