'Plot to create Black505 chaos untrue' - Rafizi

The organisers of the Black505 has denied giving out any instructions asking rally-goers to provoke the authorities during the rally tomorrow.

PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli, the main spokesperson for the planned gathering, said that he “categorically denies” the allegation that there are plans to create chaos, violence, or to ask participants to provoke the police.

“There are no such instructions and I don’t know where is the source of this supposed information,” said Rafizi.

He said that he has asked his lawyers to take legal action against the Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Mohmad Salleh, who made the statement earlier.

"This is because the statement by Mohmad is not true and paints a bad picture of me as the organiser... it is defamatory," he said.

“I am puzzled by the mixed signals being given by the police, I hope that it is not Barisan Nasional-Umno or (Prime Minister Datuk Seri) Najib (Razak) who interferes and makes the police change their tune,” he added.

While Rafizi said he doubted the authenticity and veracity of the information police received, he refrained from finding fault with the police.

“I don’t want this to escalate and become a war of words. I understand that sometimes the police have to say what they want to say.”

“It is incumbent on us, the organisers, to do our best and make sure the rally is peaceful, and we hope that the police recipocrate,” he said.

Earlier, police claimed to have received information that the organisers had ordered participants to provoke the authorities and spark chaos during the planned Black505 rally in the city tomorrow.

Kuala Lumpur police chief DCP Datuk Mohmad Salleh said that the organisers of the rally are also expected to spark chaos around the city.

"This provocation is intended to create anger on the part of the police towards participants and can cause a commotion at those areas," Mohmad had said.