6 SUHAKAM Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012 to be the ‘spirit’ of the PAA 2012 in handling the assembly. In more specific terms, PDRM adopted what it termed as the 3R 1C 1E approach – that is, Restraint, Restraint, Restraint; Caution and Enforce. However, it is the Panel’s opinion that this approach did not in any way reflect the spirit of the PAA 2012; rather, it would appear that the police were ordered to keep their distance from the participants and not to make any arrest unless otherwise ordered. Merely exercising restraint is not quite the same as facilitation which connotes a more active and participatory role, a role that the PAA 2012 requires the police to play for the orderly and lawful conduct of any public assembly.