Police have taken down at least three billboards campaigning for the release of jailed PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, in Ampang.

Pictures uploaded by social media users show the top layer of a billboard at Jalan Kolam Ayer Lama featuring Anwar being taken down by uniformed personnel.

The same was done to the billboards at Ampang Waterfront on Jalan Ampang and near the Ampang Point shopping mall.

Confirming this, Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin said the removal was to provoke an emotional response from the Selangor government.

"IGP Khalid Abu Bakar has overstepped his boundaries and we will not keep quiet," the PKR Wanita chief said in a statement.

“He needs to stick to his job description and not meddle in the affairs of the municipal council,” she added.

Malaysiakini has contacted Ampang Jaya police chief Khairuldin Saad for comment.

This comes after Sungai Besar Umno leader Jamal Md Yunos threatened to torch the billboards, which are approved by the local councils, if they were not taken down.

Heavy police presence last week forced Jamal to shelve his plan to torch the billboard near Ampang Point.

Police stopped him from damaging the billboards but the IGP said the billboards must come down as they are "seditious".

Jamal also hung a banner over the billboards, stating that Anwar is a “convicted sodomist” and this meant he “inserted his penis into another man’s anus by force”.

Speaking to reporters later, Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali said the government did not receive any notice from police to take down the billboards.

"I was not informed about it...if that statement is made via his Twitter account, how can we deal with Twitter," he is quoted by Bernama as saying.

Azmin, who is PKR deputy president, told reporters this after attending the monthly assembly of Selangor government departmets in Shah Alam.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar is expected to hold a press conference on the matter tomorrow.