Bersih office raided, Maria and Mandeep arrested

Police have arrested Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah and the electoral watchdog’s secretariat secretary Mandeep Singh.

According to a tweet from Lawyers for Liberty, Mandeep and Maria will be detained at the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters.

Earlier, a police team from Bukit Aman as well as officers from the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SMM) raided the Bersih office in Petaling Jaya about 3pm.