Paulsen, Mandeep give statements to police over foreign funding

Mandeep (centre), Sivarasa (fourth from right) and Paulsen (second from right) together with several activists from Bersih and Lawyers for Liberty outside the Bukit Aman headquarters on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Activists from Lawyers for Liberty and Bersih 2.0 have given their statements to police after being called in for questioning regarding funds allegedly received from  the Open Society Foundation (OSF). 

Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen called the act "a witch hunt" over an alleged conspiracy to topple the government through foreign funding.