An auxiliary policeman and four handphone traders plaza have been arrested to facilitate investigations into the fracas which erupted at Plaza Low Yat over the weekend.

A spokesperson for the Dang Wangi district police headquarters said the four traders were detained under Section 147 and 427 of the Penal Code related to rioting and causing damage.

Earlier, some 40 handphone traders were brought to the police headquarters for questioning.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, one trader, who identified himself only as Chon, said: "Seven police officers came to the UG floor where my shop is located.”

"The police took our identity cards and asked us to follow them.  We were not handcuffed. We were taken to the police station in a black maria and a police van," he said.

Chon added that police had questioned them based on the CCTV recordings on the brawl which took place on Saturday inside the mall.

Meanwhile, The Star reported that the 22-year-old auxiliary policeman was arrested in relation to the violence which occurred the next night outside the mall situated in Bukit Bintang.

The suspect, who hails from Ampang, was picked up by police at a Felda building in Jalan Persiaran KLCC at about 1am today.

"He is believed to be one of the rioters," a source was quoted as saying.

The source added that the man, who has been an auxiliary policeman for about two years will be remanded for three days until Thursday.

More than 20 have been arrested so far.

Earlier today, Malay Armed Forces Veterans Association president Mohd Ali Baharom, who is known as 'Ali Tinju', was arrested under the Sedition Act for making an inflammatory speech during the gathering on Sunday.

The rumpus, which was sparked off by a handphone theft, led to a mob rioting outside the mall, during which seven people were injured.

Police are still hunting for blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, popularly known as Papagomo, who has been accused of spreading false news.

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