The hall erupted into chaos as two flares were also thrown, one of them towards the section where members of the media were seated.
PETALING JAYA: Seven more men have been detained in connection with the fracas at the Nothing to Hide 2.0 forum in Shah Alam on Sunday.
The suspects, aged between 20 and 30, were picked up by police on Monday.
Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said the latest arrests bring the number of those detained to 10.
“We will request remand for the latest arrests today.
“We believe they might have been involved in the commotion during the forum,” he said when contacted on Tuesday.
SAC Fadzil said police are looking for a few more people to assist in their investigation.
“We are also investigating the rioting aspect as well as the use of flares during the fracas,” he said.
Asked to respond to reports that the three men arrested on Sunday were paid RM50, SAC Fadzil said police are still investigating.
Police have already examined videos taken during the event, he added.
Three men aged 17, 18 and 19 were arrested on Sunday after the forum and have been remanded for four days.
The forum featuring Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad descended into chaos after a slipper, a shoe, bottles and a chair were thrown and two flares were flung into the crowd at the Dewan Raja Muda Musa hall in Shah Alam.
The session with the Pakatan Harapan chairman had to be halted abruptly after about 90 minutes when he was answering a question on the 1985 Kampung Memali tragedy in Baling, Kedah.
The former prime minister had been asked if he would take responsibility for the bloodshed which left 18 people, including four policemen, dead.
Dr Mahathir, who was standing on the stage, responded that police action at that time was done according to standard operating procedures.
But as he was speaking, a slipper was flung from the crowd towards the stage, followed by a shoe, several mineral water bottles, and a chair.
The hall erupted into chaos as two flares were also thrown, one of them towards the section where members of the media were seated.
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