Earlier this evening at the Jalan TAR - Jalan Tun Perak intersection, a crowd gathers as the Dataran is blockaded by the City Council with barriers and barbed-wire and cordoned off by police.

The crowd which started with a few hundred, grew to an estimated 2,000 by 12.30 am.

While the crowd grew in number, a smaller group of the Occupy Dataran movement which had been encamped since April 14th at the Dataran were told to leave the square where they had gathered for their nightly programmes. They moved towards the crowd, banners fluttering much to the delight of the gathering crowd.