They were among 200 people from several NGOs including Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) and Anything But Umno (ABU), who gathered in front of the building to demand the resignation of the heads and members of the Election Commission (EC).
When contacted, ABU chief Haris Ibrahim noted that the figure of 28 arrests were based on preliminary information.
“The figure is based on unofficial information from the police and a head count we did,” he said.
He added that all except one of the detainees have been transferred to the Jinjang detention centre from the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.
The situation became tense when the group tried to breach a police barricade some 800 metres from the entrance gate to Parliament House.
However, the protesters did not succeed in getting through the barricade, which was manned by no less than 300 policemen.
Twenty-six were detained in the 11.10am incident, including student activist Mohd Safwan Anang.
The number included eight who had earlier surrendered to the police, including ‘Aunty Bersih’ Annie Foo, SAMM founder Badrul Hisham Shaharin and student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim.
PAS' Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad received a memorandum from the protesters outside the gate to Parliament and he urged them to disperse.
The remaining 50 people in the group dispersed at 12.20pm on police orders and have gone back to Padang Merbok, where they had been camping since last Saturday, to await further instructions from their leaders, especially Haris.
Zulaikha Zulkifli and Ram Anand
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