Police have arrested two men from Perak for participation in the Bersih 3.0 gathering in Kuala Lumpur on April 28.   

Perak police chief Mohd Shukri Dahalan said today a 43-year-old night market trader from Tambun and a 52-year-old plumber from Klebang were picked up at their homes last Saturday.

They have been handed over to Bukit Aman police headquarters for further investigation, he said.

“We have identified only two individuals from Perak who were involved in the Bersih 3.0 gathering,” he said after attending a police monthly gathering in Ipoh.

On another matter, Mohd Shukri said police arrested a motorcyclist for having a pistol at a petrol station in Jalan Ipoh-Lumut near Manjung last Friday.  

The 34-year-old man was stopped by police patrolmen at 1 am for behaving suspiciously, but he tried to flee and was caught after a 5km chase, he said.  

He said police found a pistol, eight bullets and four mobile phones in a sling bag.

The man, a night market trader, was remanded for a week for further investigation.

In another incident, police held six men aged between 20 and 35 years for being involved in the assault of a patient at a private hospital in Ipoh on May 8, and have remanded them for a week for investigation.

Shukri said all the men were held on Thursday in the new town area in Ipoh.  

Police investigation revealed that the patient was injured in a quarrel at an entertainment centre in Ipoh. He had jumped over the balcony to escape the attackers.

- Bernama