Dang Wangi police chief Zainol Samah said that the recently concluded TangkapMO1 rally urging authorities to take action against the mysterious ‘Malaysian Official 1' (MO1) accused by US authorities to have pocketed US$731 million of stolen 1MDB monies, is not in accordance with the law.

He said that despite rally organisers having submitted a notice to police, they did not follow the guidelines outlined in the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

“This rally is not in accordance with the law. Even though they sent in a notice, it did not fulfill the guidelines,” he told reporters after the rally at Dataran Merdeka.

Zanol said that police estimated that a total of 2,000 protesters were at the rally today.

Asked what action will the police be taking against the organisers of the TangkapMO1 rally, Zainol said that the matter will be left up to the officers handling the investigation into the matter.

“Let police investigate,” he said when asked further.

The Dang Wangi police chief also said there had been no arrests thus far.

The TangkapMO1 rally took off at about 2pm with protesters gathering at Sogo and Masjid Negara, and ended after both crowds converged at Dataran Merdeka where they held performances and speeches before symbolically placing effigies of those they deem guilty of the 1MDB saga in a mock jail.

The crowd then began to disperse at about 4.35pm, with rally leaders dashing off, literally running away from the Dataran Merdeka, and could not be found by reporters.

According to a person close to the organisers, this was a pre-planned move to head off possible arrests.

Government critics claim that MO1, detailed in the US Department of Justice forfeiture filing as being a relative Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s filmmaker stepson Riza Aziz and held a position of influence in 1MDB, is none other than Najib himself.

However, Najib has denied any wrongdoing and was cleared from culpability by attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali.