Penang Umno Youth today lodged a police report over the purported plan for a gathering on Dec 31 aimed at toppling the government.

Penang Umno Youth chief Rafizal Abdul Rahim said the police should take immediate action to arrest the mastermind behind the alleged attempt to cause chaos in the country.

    

He said he had obtained information from Facebook yesterday of gatherings to be held on Dec 31 at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere in the country to overthrow the government.

    

"Following that I have, as the representative of Penang Umno Youth, lodged a police report and seek immediate police action in the matter," he told reporters after making the report at the Seberang Perai Tengah police headquarters in Bukit Mertajam.

    

Rafizal said the government was democratically elected and it could not be removed by force, and such gatherings would only tarnish the country's name and frighten away foreign tourists.

    

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted as saying recently that the police viewed seriously the distribution of posters inviting the people to overthrow the government on Dec 31 and would investigate the matter.

- Bernama