The vicinity of the Perak state secretariat building today was gripped with high drama for about four hours as Pakatan Rakyat tried to convene an emergency state assembly sitting.<br /><br />From the wee hours, police have been manning roadblocks leading to both the front and rear entrance to the building, where the state assembly is housed.<br /><br />Rush hour traffic was brought to a crawl and students were seen running to a nearby school as their parents could only drop them at a roadblock.<br /><br />Other than the heavy police presence, little was out of the ordinary until a group of some 30 burly men started to shout profanities at some 100 Pakatan supporters gathered near the state secretariat building.<br /><br />The Pakatan supporters backed off slightly, but that didnt stop the group of aggressive men, though vastly outnumbered, from shouting profanities.<br /><br />Full story here.<br /><br />Video contributed by John Motes (Malaysiakini-ICFJ citizen journalism trainee)
