3 November 2011 Police Deputy Inspector-General Datuk Seri Kahlid Abu Bakar declared a ban on the Seksualiti Merdeka festival during a press conference at Sungai Besi in Kuala Lumpur. He shared that the police had received 28 reports opposing the Seksualiti Merdeka festival and that the police was investigation the matter under Section 298A of the Penal Code and Section 27A(1)(C) of the Police Act. He added that these laws would also be used in clamping down on any events that Seksualiti Merdeka decided to proceed with. 3 November 2011, evening Police broke up a peaceful event attended by approximately 50 Seksualiti Merdeka supporters at the Annexe Gallery in Kuala Lumpur by invoking Section 27 A(1) (C) of the Police Act. No arrests were made. Following the police action and the ban, the organisers of the Seksualiti Merdeka festival agreed to temporarily suspend all activities. 4 November 2011 After the Friday prayers at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Perkasa, a non-governmental Malay supremacy group, protested against the 4th Seksualiti Merdeka festival as they believe that what the organizers of the festival promote goes against the teachings and demands of Islam and it has sullied and insulted the purity of Islam. The protestors represented several Islamic groups, namely the Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam (Pembela) and Majlis Ulama Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Muis), and demanded the Malaysian Bar Council and the commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) to resign for supporting the LGBT community and the Seksualiti Merdeka festival. 7 November 2011 Mr. Pang Khee Teik, co-founder of the festival, together with former Bar Council chairperson and current Bersih 2.0 chairperson Ms. Ambiga Sreenevasan, Tenaganita chairperson Ms. Irene Fernandez and Bersih 2.0 committee member Ms. Maria Chin Abdullah were called into questioning by the police about the Seksualiti Merdeka festival. 9 November 2011 Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar stated they had received 154 reports from individuals and various organizations opposing the Seksualiti Merdeka festival. Statements have been recorded from more than 50 people. It is reported that organisations that filed complaints include the Allied Coordinating Committee of Islamic NGOs (ACCIN) and the Anti-Liberalism of Religion Body (Badan Anti-Liberalisme Agama. ACCIN condemned Seksualiti Merdeka as an initiative that goes against all religions. 14 November 2011 Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that police had completed their probe into the banned Seksualiti Merdeka festival and that the investigation papers will be submitted to the Attorney-General's (AG) Chambers. He stated that the police had recorded statements from witnesses and individuals behind the Seksualiti Merdeka festival and that the investigation papers were completed. He shared that it will depend on the AG whether to proceed with meting charges or not.