Anwar: We did not order breach of cordon

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has insisted that neither he nor party deputy president Azmin Ali had issued the order to breach the barbed-wire cordon around Dataran Merdeka on Saturday.

Nevertheless, Anwar said he would "defend the decision", noting that removing a barricade was not an offence.

"Is that now a major crime, to move into Dataran (Merdeka)? But cheating in the election is not?" he posed.

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