Bersih will not fork out a single sen for Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on the RM65,000 cleaning bill issued with regard to the weekend rally.

Instead, Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah said, they would take the matter to court.

"Furnish the evidence, and we'll answer in court," Maria told the media. It is DBKL's job to clean up the area. How will DBKL charge someone for urinating publicly? Do they know who it is?" Maria asked.

Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan said Bersih must pay DBKL, which had to clean up after protesters, who Rahman accused, among others things, of urinating in the open.

Rahman said Bersih could settle the bill using the donation it collected before the rally.

Bersih had collected more than RM2 million for the two-day protest, which it reportedly used for security, and to set up portable toilets.

Maria told reporters that the funds and its uses are currently being scrutinised by the police.

Speaking after being questioned at Bukit Aman, she said police are also probing media statements, the Bersih launch, and the protest itself.

"However we didn't answer the questions and exercised our right to remain silent.

"They have not charged us. Maybe they will tell us later if they want to charge us," she said.

Besides Maria, police also questioned Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan, Masjaliza Hamzah, Farhana Halim, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, Mandeep Singh and Adam Adli Abdul Halim in relation to the rally.

They are being questioned under Sections 120, 124C, 140 and 141 of the Penal Code, while Mandeep is also being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.

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