Sungai Pelek assemblyperson Ronnie Liu (above) spent an hour at police headquarters at Bukit Aman to facilitate investigations into a gathering linked to former communist members which he attended early this month.

Liu was seen entering the building at 3pm and left at 4pm.

His lawyer Ramkarpal Singh told the media that Liu came as a witness.

"YB Ronnie Liu has just finished giving a statement to the police.

"We need to emphasise that he came here as a witness. This is in relation to the (commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the) Hat Yai Peace accord event...