PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA: Don't spend New Year's Day in my lockup - that was the warning issued by Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar to revellers.

He said police would not hesitate to take action against those who go overboard when celebrating on New Year's Eve.

He said more police officers would be deployed to make sure there would be no repeat of the Christmas Eve mayhem.

While celebrating on Christmas Eve, thousands of rowdy revellers in Gurney Drive in George Town and Jalan Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur had indiscriminately sprayed foam at passing vehicles.

Some even kicked or stomped on cars which also resulted in two youths being arrested.

"All my men will be on stand-by on New Year's Eve. We will clamp down on any disturbance to traffic or public order. Stern action will be taken," he said when contacted yesterday.

Penang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakob warned those thinking of repeating the Christmas Eve chaos tonight to think again.

He said police would not tolerate any violence during the occasion.

He said police would try to maintain a balance between allowing people to have fun and keeping public order.

"Everyone is in a New Year mood and I understand it is not nice to spoil the fun. But those who intend to revel must behave and restrain themselves," he told reporters after attending an Excellence Service Award ceremony at the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) base in Rifle Range, George Town yesterday.

George Town deputy OCPD (operation) Supt Mohd Soaihami said some 200 policemen and personnel from other authorities would be deployed at strategic locations to monitor the crowd.

Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said he was boosting the number of his men on the ground to cater for the thousands expected at Danga Bay and other places holding countdown parties.

"Besides the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU), we are roping in policemen from other districts to ensure incident-free celebrations," he said,

On the supposed sex party being planned in Johor Baru, DCP Mohd Mokhtar said: "We will come down hard not just on the organisers but the participants."