The police escorted Batu MP P Prabakaran out of the Taman Sri Murni area in Selayang, which has been placed under an enhanced movement control order (MCO).
A PKR representative told Malaysiakini that Prabakaran was being taken to the Sentul district police headquarters.
Speaking to Malaysiakini, the MP said the incident happened after an “argument” with Federal Territories Deputy Minister Edmund Santhara.
“I went into the area with police permission to do my job as a parliamentarian. When I was inside, I went to the command centre where Edmund was.
“I asked the deputy minister to consider having the Welfare Department on standby to assist the people, who had been complaining that they did not have enough food.
“But he asked me to leave,” he claimed this led to an exchange of words between them.
When he left the command centre, Prabakaran said the police asked him to follow them to the district police headquarters.
However, it is unclear if the MP has been detained.
Contacted later, Sentul police chief S Shamugamoorthy said he was in a meeting and has not been briefed on the matter. – mkini
Batu MP detained for breaching MCO
BATU lawmaker P. Prabakaran was detained by police this afternoon when he went to assess the situation at the Sri Murni apartment in Selayang that was earlier today placed under the enhanced movement-control order, said his political secretary.
Muhamed Reza Abdul Ralib told The Malaysian Insight that the MP wanted to get information on residents’ situation.
“He did not go into the apartment, but identified himself at the operations centre.
“He told those at the centre to expedite aid to the residents, but he was chased out of the area.”
Deputy Federal Territories Minister Edmund Santhara Kumar was present during the incident, said Reza.
“He (Prabakaran) then went out of the premises to do Facebook Live, and was approached by police. They escorted him to the Sentul district police headquarters.” – THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
MKINI / THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
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