Ahli Parlimen Teluk Intan M Manogaran (kiri) dari DAP dan aktivis MS Arjunan (kanan) yang mengadakan protes membantah novel kontroversial Interlok ditahan polistengah hari tadi.Kempen di pekarangan Batu Caves itu adalah sebahagian protes diadakan sejak lebih sebulan lalu membantah Interlok daripada digunakan sebagai buku teks sastera di sekolah menengah kerajaan.
Dalam mesej Twitternya, Penasihat DAP Lim Kit Siang berkata:
Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago yang menghantar pesanan Twitternya menyebut:
YB Mano (teluk intan) has been arrested and detained in IPD Gombak over interlok demo at batu caves#fb
Manakala Menteri Besar Perak yang sah, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin pula dalam reaksinya berkata:
Interlok is not an indian issue! We all are affected/implicated. Muhyidin had taken a very simple approach assume settled. Denial syndrome?
We demand MP Tlk Intan and the Tamil students must be released unconditionally. Hidup rakyat! 3x!
Manogaran kini ditahan di Ibu pejabat Polis Daerah Gombak untuk siasatan lanjut.
Manogaran menang dalam pilihanraya umum 2008 menewaskan giant killer Gerakan, Mah Siew Keong dengan majoriti 1,830 undi.
Ulasan GB
MP arrested over Interlok protest
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested Teluk Intan MP M. Manogaran and a student activist M.S. Arjunan for planning a surprise protest over the Interlok issue.
Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rahim Abdullah said they were detained for preventive measures.
They were arrested in the parking lot of Batu Caves temple around 12 noon Sunday.
“They were planning an illegal gathering at a place of worship, so we have brought them in to keep the peace,” he said.
He added that both men would be questioned before being released. -thestar
GB sudah ulas sebelum ini dan GB ulangi sekali lagi bahawa krisis Interlok menjelaskan bahawa Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin gagal di dalam peranannya selaku TPM dan Menteri Pelajaran.
Kanyataan akhbar sebelum ini menyatakan bahawa isu Interlok telah selesai hanya penipuan dan penyapuan sampah ke bawah karpet.
