AT LEAST SEVEN MEN DETAINED AT ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- At least seven men, including several Pas Youth leaders, were detained on suspicion of being involved in an illegal assembly at the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council Square in Pandan Indah, here tonight.

They were all taken to the Pandan Indah Police Station for questioning.

Pas Youth head Salahuddin Ayub, who is also the Member of Parliament for Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, said he was present at the gathering to disperse the supporters of the Movement for the Abolition of ISA (GMI), who had held assembled because they were not informed that the gathering did not have a permit.

"I came to carry out my duty and to disperse them because they were not informed, but they were detained even before the time given for them to disperse had expired," he told reporters outside the police station.

The gathering at the square, which started at 9pm, was held in conjunction with the launch of the Anti-ISA campaign which was scheduled to be opened by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. However, Anwar did not turn up. (Bernama)