Tian Chua ditahan di Permatang Pauh

Ahli Parlimen Batu Tian Chua ditahan di Permatang Pauh ketika sedang perkempen untuk presiden PKR Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail bagi pilihan raya kecil pada malam Sabtu.

Menurut ADUN Bukit Lanjan Elizabeth Wong, Naib Presiden PKR itu ditahan di Jalan Tuna.

Tian Chua dalam satu kenyataan ringkas yang dimuat naik di Twitter berkata beliau dibawa oleh pihak polis ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Perda, dan beliau percaya akan dibawa ke lokap di Kuala Lumpur.

I'm brought to IPD Pedra, I assumed they will send me back to the lockup in KL.
— Tian Chua (@tianchua) May 2, 2015

Police vehicles intercepted my car in the mid of h'way in Seberang Jy, several men roughly dragged me out, some hit my head &pulled my hair.
— Tian Chua (@tianchua) May 2, 2015

Police acted rudely& roughly just as I was asking whether was arrested & where they would take me to--while my car was stopped mid of b'day.
— Tian Chua (@tianchua) May 2, 2015

Sementara itu, Tian Chua dalam tweet terbaharunya berkata beliau dalam perjalanan ke IPD Dang Wangi dimana keterangan beliau akan diambil oleh pegawai penyiasat.

In police car being brought back to Dang Wangi & according to the officer, IO will immediately record my statement.
— Tian Chua (@tianchua) May 2, 2015

Anak kepada Wan Azizah, iaitu Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah turut memuat naik perkara berkenaan di laman twitternya.

In mid Ppauh campaign, @PDRMsia arrests yb @tianchua. You can wait 4 UMNO Ministers, tolerate thuggish behavior, but x any opposition
— Nurul Izzah (@n_izzah) May 2, 2015

Penahanan Tian Chua dipercayai ada kaitan dengan Perhimpunan #BatalGST pada Jumaat.