Its chairman, Faisal Abdul Aziz claimed there was confusion on the part of the police when it came to the organisation of such rallies.

“When we sent a notice to the police about the demonstration in front of the Parliament building, there was never any issue raised regarding the timing of the notification, whether it was (submitted) late or early.

“Instead, they took note of it without objection,” he told FMT.

Last month, Bersih’s rally to demand political reforms saw about 100 participants gathered outside the Parliament building.

Two days prior to the rally, Kuala Lumpur police had advised the public against participating in the Bersih gathering, saying the organisers had not filed the five-day notice as required by law.

Faisal submitted the notice at the Dang Wangi police headquarters a day after the KL police’s statement.

However, after the rally, police said they were probing the group for failing to provide at least five days’ notice to the authorities.

Police are also investigating Bersih for a “flash mob” it held on Jan 20 at Masjid Jamek in relation to former prime minister Najib Razak’s SRC International case.

Faisal, his deputy Wong Yan Ke and Ashraf Sharafi were summoned to the Dang Wangi police station today to help with ongoing investigations into the two events.

Wong, meanwhile, urged Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain to sort out the confusion by clarifying whether there was a need for a permit to hold the gatherings or if it was sufficient to notify the authorities.

Two days ago, Razarudin said his men might have used the wrong term when stating that permits were needed to hold rallies, when they had actually meant “notice”.

He said this when responding to criticisms by former Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah over the confusion after police told organisers that a permit was needed.

Under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, organisers must give police at least a five-day notice to hold a gathering. The notice period was originally 10 days before it was shortened.