At least seven people have been hauled up for questioning over the Green March so far, Himpunan Hijau including two PKR parliamentarians, said its publicity chief Lee Chean Chung.
They are the movement's committee members Dr Phua Kia Yaw and Bang Seet Peng, owners of an SUV used during the march - Jimmy Wong and his wife, Gombak PAS chief Ishak Surin, and MPs Tian Chua (right) and Sivarasa Rasiah.
While Kuantan police had questioned Phua and Bang only about the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 Rally on Feb 26, Lee said the timing was "puzzling", since it has been almost ten months since the rally.
The duo had declined to answer any of the questions at the Kuantan police district headquarters yesterday.
The Green March was a 300 kilometre protest march from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur to oppose the Lynas Advanced Material Plant (Lamp), and the group arrived in Dataran Merdeka on Nov 25 after two weeks of walking.
According to Lee, Batu MP Tian Chua, also known by his real name Chua Tian Chang, was called for questioning yesterday.
They are the movement's committee members Dr Phua Kia Yaw and Bang Seet Peng, owners of an SUV used during the march - Jimmy Wong and his wife, Gombak PAS chief Ishak Surin, and MPs Tian Chua (right) and Sivarasa Rasiah.While Kuantan police had questioned Phua and Bang only about the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 Rally on Feb 26, Lee said the timing was "puzzling", since it has been almost ten months since the rally.
The duo had declined to answer any of the questions at the Kuantan police district headquarters yesterday.
The Green March was a 300 kilometre protest march from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur to oppose the Lynas Advanced Material Plant (Lamp), and the group arrived in Dataran Merdeka on Nov 25 after two weeks of walking.
According to Lee, Batu MP Tian Chua, also known by his real name Chua Tian Chang, was called for questioning yesterday.
Called for questioning
Meanwhile this morning, Subang MP and lawyer Sivarasa accompanied Ishak to the Wangsa Maju police station as his legal counsel, only to be called for questioning himself.
"We ended (the questioning) like normal by signing (the statement), but after that... I came here as a lawyer to help my long-time friend and comrade Ishak, but I ended up getting summoned," he said when met by reporters outside the police station.
"So... it looks like many people will be summoned to this station for this investigation (on the Green March)," he added while holding a letter ordering him to assist investigations under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code on Tuesday afternoon.
He said after about an hour of questioning that although the police said Ishak (left) was being questioned as a witness, he believed the questions were meant to implicate him for participating in an illegal assembly.
"Frankly speaking, after we have heard about 40 questions, Ishak was not called in as a witness but a future accused person.
"The aim of the questions is clearly trying to seek evidence that Ishak was involved in a crime - illegal assembly under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012," he said.
When asked, he said the questions covered "all aspects" of the march, including its leaders, participants, place of departure, and destination.
He added that the investigation was based on a report lodged by the Sentul police over allegations of illegal assembly, street protest, and bringing children to such an assembly that occurred during the Green March.
"We ended (the questioning) like normal by signing (the statement), but after that... I came here as a lawyer to help my long-time friend and comrade Ishak, but I ended up getting summoned," he said when met by reporters outside the police station.
"So... it looks like many people will be summoned to this station for this investigation (on the Green March)," he added while holding a letter ordering him to assist investigations under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code on Tuesday afternoon.
He said after about an hour of questioning that although the police said Ishak (left) was being questioned as a witness, he believed the questions were meant to implicate him for participating in an illegal assembly."Frankly speaking, after we have heard about 40 questions, Ishak was not called in as a witness but a future accused person.
"The aim of the questions is clearly trying to seek evidence that Ishak was involved in a crime - illegal assembly under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012," he said.
When asked, he said the questions covered "all aspects" of the march, including its leaders, participants, place of departure, and destination.
He added that the investigation was based on a report lodged by the Sentul police over allegations of illegal assembly, street protest, and bringing children to such an assembly that occurred during the Green March.
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