UMNO SHOWS ITS ‘GANGSTER’ DNA: STILL THINKING NAJIB WILL PROTECT HIM, OUT-OF-CONTROL LOKMAN ADAM CAUGHT ON VIDEO SHOUTING AT POLICE CHIEF

UMNO Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam is in trouble with the law after the fiasco outside the Sogo shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur last night.

Lokman and his supporters clashed with police who attempted to stop the illegal gathering from marching towards the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.

Tempers flared, followed by pushing and shoving between Lokman’s supporters and the police.

Video footage showed heated exchanges between the Umno man and the district police chief Shaharudin Abdullah.

No arrests were made last night, but Shaharudin told The Malaysian Insight today that Lokman will be called to have his statement recorded soon.

“Yes, we will be calling him soon. My investigating officer will set an appointment,” Shaharudin said.

The gathering last night was to protest the decision by the Attorney-General’s Chambers to drop charges of graft against Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Carrying placards, the group also called for the removal of Attorney-General Tommy Thomas.

People at the gathering in Kuala Lumpur last night protest the decision by the Attorney-General’s Chambers to drop charges of graft against Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, and call for the removal of Attorney-General Tommy Thomas. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, September 8, 2018.

They had initially gathered outside the Sogo shopping mall, where Lokman gave a speech and were about to move towards the Dang Wangi police station when the cops moved in.

“Who are you to stop Malaysians from lodging a police report? Since when have Malaysians been disallowed from lodging reports?” Lokman asked the police in the video footage captured.

Defending his action to stop the protesters from marching, Shaharudin said that the organisers of the rally had not submitted a notice to the police prior to the gathering.

“The rally is being investigated under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. Their actions of marching without submitting a notice is an offence,” he added.

Before pandemonium broke out, Lokman accused the buskers nearby of turning up the loudspeakers to “sabotage” the protest.

He later told a press conference that he had asked police to deal with the buskers, but officers refused to do so.

The Malaysian Insight has contacted Lokman and is awaiting his response.

– https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/