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About 200 mat rempit held a noisy demonstration at the historic Clock Tower near the Penang state legislative assembly building today, demanding a 'racing track' for their use. The group, led by Shahabuddin Ahmad - a representative of Pertubuhan Islam Gabungan Amal - lined the area with their motorcycles about 1pm and honked noisily for about 15 minutes before the police dispersed them. Their mission appeared political as most of the bikers were wearing yellow T-shirts with the words  ‘LGE racist’ - a reference to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng - and ‘Save Penang’. They also unfurled banners reading Mahu litar lumba (We want a racing track). Five protestors, including Shahabuddin, were detained by the police who had been trailing some members of the group from Komtar, the state's administrative building. It is learnt that the mat rempit had proceeded from Penang Road to the state legislative assembly building along Light Street. During the arrests, a mino...
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Man says wife pushed, dragged and injured by police Posted on 20 October 2011 - 05:31am Tim Leonard newsdesk@thesundaily.com KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19, 2011) : A 37-year-old businessman alleged that police pushed, dragged and injured his wife, a Chinese national, in an anti-vice raid after mistaking her for a prostitute. Loh Thean Soo, from Jalan Ipoh, claimed police dragged his wife for several metres 'like an animal’ around 11.30pm on Saturday. “I went to have dinner with my wife at a restaurant in Jalan Loke Yew and after dinner, my wife went to the car to get my cigarettes when a team of plainclothes police officers ambushed her and pushed her to the ground,” Loh said at a press conference called by DAP Klang legal bureau chairman Tan today. His wife Ming Daimei, 34, was also present at the press conference and showed the injuries she sustained on her leg. “After my wife fell, the...