The investigation against PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, Hulu Klang assemblyperson Saari Sungib and Batu Caves state assemblyperson Amirudin Shari for not obtaining a police permit to hold a ceramah in Kuala Lumpur last Friday has been put off to Wednesday.

Contacted by Malaysiakini , Azmin's lawyer N Surendren said the investigation, to be held at the Ampang district police headquarters, was put off as Azmin needed to be at the Selangor legislative assembly, which sits from today.

The Sultan of Selangor formally opened the sitting at the state legislative assembly builidng in Shah Alam this morning.

"We have informed the police why my client is not able to attend the questioning today and they have rescheduled this for Wednesday," said Surendren, who is also a PKR vice-president.

NONE He also said Azmin would take legal action against the police for abuse of power.

"It was unlawful of the police to intimidate my client late last night. Why do this in the middle of the night?" Surendren asked, adding that this action was high-handed, aggressive harassment by the police.

Azmin was not at home yesterday when several police officers called at his house late in the night.

Surendren said Azmin, Saari and Amirudin attended the ceramah . Azmin is the PKR Gombak division chief, Amirudin is his deputy in the division, while the ceramah was held in Saari's constituency.

As for the ceramah held last Friday, Surendren reiterated that the police had no right to ambush and put stop to it, and that the question of a permit did not arise.

“My client (Azmin) is the Gombak MP and he had every right to be there. The police have no business whatsoever to be there and to stop the ceramah .

“It all boils down to the fact that it was(Prime Minister) Najib’s (Abdul Razak)  orders… it was a political move as he knew that the ceramah was going to be about himself and the late Altantuya Shaaribu,” Surendren said.

NONE Asked whether the trio was called in on allegations that Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) members were “roughed-up” by attendees at the ceramah and PKR supporters, Surendren said: “This is all being twisted by the police.

“It were the FRU personnel who pushed my client down, causing him to suffer minor injuries. Don’t tell me they are saying that the ceramah attendees pushed Azmin down? It’s all being twisted now.”

The ceramah session  at Taman Melawati, led by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, was broken up by the police as Anwar was speaking on ‘party DNA’, which in his words were ‘Datuk Najib Altantuya’.

Some 1,500 PKR supporters were accused of “turning rowdy” when the police stopped Anwar from speaking.