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KUALA LUMPUR: Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan wants police to thoroughly investigate the petrol bombs left at the Bar Council building and hurled into the compound of her former house in Bukit Daman- sara on Saturday.

"It is regretted that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was on the receiving end of the petrol bombs meant for me.

"The bombs were apparently targeted at me and these acts have shocked members of the Bar and members of the public," she told the New Straits Times yesterday.

She was commenting on the incident where two petrol bombs were thrown into the compound of Shahrizat's house in Jalan Setia Kasih 1, Bukit Damansara, by two men on a motorcycle between 2.30am and 3am on Saturday.

It is believed the Molotov cocktails were meant for Ambiga as the house was formerly hers. The bombs were believed to have been thrown in connection with an open forum on conversion to Islam organised by the council, which drew much criticism.

"It is disappointing that many of our leaders have chosen to remain silent on the violence and aggression at the forum. This may be seen as tacitly condoning it.

"I have been advised to take additional safety precautions and I am now looking into security measures."

Police also found two petrol bombs on the steps of the Bar Council building in Leboh Pasar Besar on Saturday, where the public forum was being held.

The forum was stopped after about an hour on the advice of the police as large numbers of protesters had gathered to demonstrate against it.

Meanwhile, City Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Ku Chin Wah assured Ambiga that police were thoroughly investigating both incidents and hoped to make arrests soon.

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