Bersih 2.0 today vehemently denied police attempts to link the movement with several caches of weapons confiscated in Kuala Lumpur and Gombak.

NONE At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, Bersih 2.0 steering committee member Wong Chin Huat said such claims are unfounded and simplistic.

"If you find a police uniform among a group of robbers, are you going to suggest that the police are involve in crime? Certainly not.

"We really want the police to go after, to find out who own those parang . We just don't want the police to make wild allegations by looking at very superficial evidence."

NONE A total of 44 petrol bombs, 23 parang and 43 firecrackers were seized from three locations in Kuala Lumpur and one in Gombak.

In all four cases, the weapons were placed together with yellow T-shirts with the Bersih 2.0 logo. In the case of Gombak, police found what appeared to be 40 pink-capped plastic bottles containing petrol.

“There is a high possibility they can be used during the rally. From the surface of it, it will be used by them. We are very worried about what might happen on that day," Kuala Lumpur contingent deputy police chief Amar Singh said yesterday.

Bersih 2.0 'against violence'

Wong and Bersih 2.0 chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan reassured that Saturday's rally, which will be held in stadium, will be a peaceful affair.

"We don't condone any kind of violence," said Ambiga.

NONE She also said that the coalition will deploy 5,000 marshals to maintain order.

"We have issued a guideline. We will be very strict about what can be brought into the stadium," she added.

This morning, the police erected roadblocks along major thoroughfares in the Klang Valley, causing massive peak-hour traffic jams.

Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah explained that the roadblocks were set up in order to prevent “undesirable elements from smuggling weapons” into the city.

“Our action is preventive. We have a duty to protect the people and ensure public order and security remains peaceful at all times.

“We hope the public will bear and assist us as we do not wish to cause or pose any problem to the public. It's just that we have a job to do and we have to do it,” he told English-language daily Star .

'Bersih-link due to timing'

Later today, deputy inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said that the his men drew the link between the weapons and rally due to timing.

“Since we found it now, we are making this assumption,” he said.

He said that the police uncovered some leads upon inspecting the seized items and that investigations were still ongoing.

On the possibility that the weapons caches was the work of agent provocateurs ahead of the rally, Khalid urged the public not to make any assumptions.

On the roadblocks, Khalid said he had directed his officers to review their procedures from time to time and only erect roadblocks if necessary.

He added that the roadblocks were not only responding to the weapon seizure but also the dissemination of text messages over the past few days urging people to march on Saturday.

"We need to make sure this won't happen,” he said.

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