PKR's Batu MP Tian Chua slammed the police for abusing their power by detaining for one night five taxi drivers who staged a protest in Bukit Bintang earlier today.

"They were merely having a strike without flashing their placards and chanting slogans, and they were arrested.

"They were not told what wrong they have allegedly committed. And they were denied access to legal aid as they were told they can only see their lawyers after they meet the investigating officer (IO)," he added.