Police roadblocks in the state on Wednesday morning are a preventive move to stop undesirable elements from "smuggling" weapons into the city, said State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah.
Tun Hisan, while apologising for the inconvenience caused, said the move was needed as police had over the past 48 hours seized Molotov cocktails, parang and firecrackers in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur, which they believe were meant to be used during Saturday's rally.
"Our action is preventive. We have a duty to protect the people and ensure public order and security remain peaceful at all times.
"We hope the public will bear and assist us, as we do not wish to cause or pose any problem. It's just that we have a job to do," he said.
DCP Tun Hisan said police would not let up in their investigations, following the seizure of the weapons as they believe there could be groups out to cause trouble, although the organisers of Bersih 2.0 had called off the street demonstrations.
Police are combing the city for hidden caches of weapons and explosives after the discovery of molotov cocktails, machetes, and firecrackers stashed around the city centre on Tuesday.
The discovery of surgical face masks and Bersih 2.0 T-shirts along with the weapons has let police to believe that these were secret stockpiles to be used during the proposed July 9 rally.
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