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Major roads into city centre off limits to all vehicles tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities are not taking any chances tomorrow and will cordon off all major roads into the city centre.

Beginning midnight today, parts of Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Ampang, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Raja Chulan and routes leading to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Dataran Merdeka and Istana Negara will be out of bounds to all vehicles.

The closure will last until 10pm.

Police said yesterday that they had obtained a court order, barring 91 key members of the three rallying groups — Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0), Malay rights group Perkasa and Umno Youth — from entering the city centre.

The ban takes effect from 8am to 6pm tomorrow.

The Land Public Transport Commission, in a statement, said the closures involved all major roads leading into the city centre.

However, motorists will be allowed on the Middle Ring Road 1 which includes Lebuhraya Mahameru and parts of Lingkaran Syed Putra and Jalan Tun Razak.

Earlier, city deputy police chief Datuk Amar Singh said among the 91 people barred from the city centre from 8am to 6pm tomorrow were Bersih chairman Datuk S. Ambiga, Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and several of their key supporters.

“Police will be serving the notices personally on the 91,” he said.

Amar said those who disobeyed the court order would be arrested and charged. He said, so far, police had not received any permit application from any group to hold assemblies.

Amar advised the public to stay away from the city centre tomorrow as bus services would also be affected.

Public buses plying the city routes will be re-routed and their last stops have been temporarily relocated to the following stations: • buses from Jalan Semarak, Jalan Setapak/Genting Kelang, Jalan Ipoh, Jalan Kuching and Jalan Duta will make its last stop at the Titiwangsa monorail/LRT station; • buses from Jalan Ampang at Datuk Keramat LRT station; • buses from Jalan Kampung Pandan and Jalan Cheras will stop at the Maluri LRT station; • buses from the Federal Highway entering through Jalan Bangsar, Jalan Travers and Jalan Tun Sambanthan , and from Jalan Damansara, at the KL Sentral monorail station; Operations at the Puduraya and Pekeliling terminals will be shifted to the Hentian Duta bus terminal.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Police have slapped restriction orders on 91 key individuals from Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth who are linked to planning three rallies here tomorrow, declaring the city centre off-limits to them.

Among them are Datuk S. Ambiga of Bersih, Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin although the wing had cancelled its Patriot rally scheduled for the same day.

The areas listed under the restriction orders include Jalan Syed Putra, Jalan Istana, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Jalan Lembah Perdana, Dataran Merdeka, Central Market, Masjid Jamek, Dataran DBKL, SOGO, Maju Junction and Jalan Raja Laut.

Other developments:

> Police will not approve Bersih's application to hold its rally at Stadium Merdeka but will consider a permit for the use of the stadium in Shah Alam;

> Due to the closure of city roads, bus terminals will be closed between 12.01am and 10pm tomorrow;

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KUALA LUMPUR: Several major roads in the national capital will either be closed or diverted from Friday midnight, police said.

Police said in their Facebook page that the roads involved are: the whole stretch of Jalan Syed Putra, Jalan Istana, Jalan Bukit Petaling, Jalan Bellamy and several roads around Istana Negara.

Other roads involved are Jalan Sultan Hishammuddin, Jalan Lembah Perdana, Jalan Chenderasari and roads around Masjid Negara and Dataran Merdeka, Pasar Seni, Masjid Jamek, Dataran DBKL, Kompleks Sogo, Maju Junction, Masjid Kampung Baru, Jalan Kinabalu, Jalan Kuching, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Raja Laut, Jalan Sri Amar, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Haji Taib, Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Jalan Raja Bot, Jalan Raja Abdullah, Jalan Dang Wangi, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Jalan Gereja, Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Tun Perak, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Loke, Jalan Sultan Mahmud and all nearby roads.

Police urged the people to cooperate and abide by traffic regulations and follow instructions issued by traffic police from time to time.

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