Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and the police have been reminded that there are existing legal provisions that can be applied to prevent Bersih 5 and the red-shirts from demonstrating simultaneously.

Section 18 of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 stipulates that the officer in charge of a police district will give an alternative for a counter assembly to be organised at another time, date or place, if the officer finds that the counter assembly will cause conflict.