They left the field left in a mess, with the park littered with rubbish.

The Red Shirts had been at the field since 12.30pm when they marched over from Putra World Trade Centre. The decision to disperse was made at around 2.50pm, after they found they were unable to get past a police blockade to get to Bersih 5 rally-goers who had gathered near Dataran Merdeka.

The police blockade was to keep the two rival groups apart.

The Red Shirts however left the field in a mess, having littered the ground with rubbish. Many of the Red Shirts also left the field disappointed and without direction, citing a lack of a leader.

FMT also noted there were no big wigs or top party leaders with the Red Shirts aside from Armand and Bukit Mertajam Umno division chief Musa Sheikh Fadzir who turned up earlier in the day.

The atmosphere at the Bersih group remained carnival-like, with many participants being accompanied by civil society and opposition leaders.