Bersih deputy chairperson Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari has vowed that Bersih 5 rally will go on despite the arrest of its leader Maria Chin Abdullah.

"Yes, we will go on as schedule," Shahrul told Malaysiakini this evening.

Earlier today, Maria and the electoral reform movement’s secretariat secretary Mandeep Singh were arrested under Section 124C and Section 147 of the Penal Code respectively.

Shahrul said he would lead the Bersih protesters at Masjid Negara while former Bersih chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan will replace Maria at Dataran Maybank on Jalan Bangsar.

"Ambiga will be there," he said, adding that the Bersih steering committee will lead the mass rally.

Meanwhile, Ambiga confirmed that she would only lead the rally in Bangsar if Maria could not attend.

She hopes the police will release Maria and Mandeep tonight.

Earlier, a police team from Bukit Aman as well as officers from the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SMM) raided the Bersih office in Petaling Jaya about 3pm.

The raid and arrests came following inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar pronouncing both the Bersih rally and red-shirts rally as illegal assemblies.

Besides KL, Bersih plans to hold its rallies in Kuching and Kota Kinabalu tomorrow as well.

Clashes are expected to occur in KL, as the red-shirts have vowed to be wherever the "yellow shirts" are.