Following the arrest of red shirts leader Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos, an Umno MP wants Bersih 5 organisers to be likewise investigated under the Sedition Act.

Kuala Selangor MP Irmohizam Ibrahim claimed this is because it is “obvious” how the polls watchdog has been responsible in allegedly "inciting the rakyat to hate the government".