By Koh Jun Lin | May 2, 2012
Malaysiakini
The police brutally beat up Bersih 3.0 rally protesters last Saturday after hearing rumours that one of their colleagues had been killed by the rally participants.
“The policeman beat me endlessly and said, ‘Oh, so you are the gangsters… because of you one of my friends has died,'” rally participant and police abuse victim Mohd Syafiq Shamsudin said in an interview at the Malaysiakini office on Monday.
Syafiq (left) said he and a friend, Munir Maktar, were among many yellow-clad protesters crowding the Bandaraya LRT station at 7pm last Saturday, waiting to go home.
Although they had purchased their tickets and were queueing to enter the platform, police suddenly came and pulled them away.
“Some managed to enter the platform and into the LRT coaches. Some couldn’t get into the station and they were all taken away. The police did not dare to enter the LRT station. Those sitting outside were blocked and pulled away, while those taking pictures had their cameras confiscated,” he said.
Dragged to Dataran and beaten all along the way
Syafiq said he was dragged to a nearby pedestrian bridge where he was beaten, dragged down the stairs, pushed down and then dragged again, beaten and stomped as he lay on the road. He was then dragged to Dataran Merdeka.
“Along the way to Dataran Merdeka, the policeman would drag me to each group of police present, where they would beat me. Then they would drag me to another group and they would beat me up again. They would scream and curse along the way, and also say, ‘Food! Food! Food!’
“It was like I was nothing. They said, ‘Food is served! Come! Come!'” Syafiq recalled.
“From 6pm onwards, it was as if the police had ran amok. Anyone by the roadside and anyone taking pictures would be arrested… they didn’t care anymore,” he said.
His companion, Munir (left), said he tried to photograph the policemen beating the protesters, but was spotted. He quickly put away his camera, but that did not save him from being beaten by the policemen.
He said he even showed his LRT ticket and told the policemen that he and Syafiq were leaving, but their pleas were ignored.
He said he was dragged away with Syafiq and beaten up. The memory cards of both his camera and mobile phone were seized.
Names tags and serial numbers missing
“There was no respite for my face and body from being beaten throughout the walk,” said Munir, who also noted that the police officers were in uniform, but did not display their name tags and serial numbers.
“The police should not have done that. They have a better understanding of the law and the procedures for arresting people, but instead they acted emotionally… The reason they beat me was that they heard rumours that a friend of theirs died,” Syafiq added.
“For a police officer, that is not a valid reason to beat anyone. Only gangsters attack people as they please,” he said.
Police in the aftermath of the rally announced that nobody had died during the protest.
Syafiq was later prescribed painkillers for the bruises he suffered all over his body, and eye medication for his bleeding eye, where the lower left eyelid was partially torn.
Munir too complained of pain throughout his body as a result of his beatings. He said his head above the left eye had been bleeding as a result of being elbowed, and still felt numb during the interview.
The two also denied resisting arrest, and have lodged police reports on their arrest and beatings.
Police brutality? Come on. It is an exercise of ketuanan right by umno. Pls know the difference!
Fakta-fakta selama pentadbiran rejim Mahathir telah bukti nyata arah tuju seluruh instituisi kerajaan mengamalkan budaya ” dAJJAL “.
Maksud ” dAJJAL “, sudut perspektif ia diterjemahkan bahawa dunia terkini telah ditadbir oleh rejim dengan keganasan dan kekejaman.
Keganasan..terhadap alam semulajadi umpamanya, hutan belantara diceroboh dan pokok-pokok ratusan tahun diterbangkan begitu sahaja. Sungai-sungai diperkosakan oleh mereka dan selalunya mengada-ada alasan demi pembangunan negara.
Contoh negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, peratusan tanah hutan dan sungai-sungai kurnian tuhan sudah hampir pupusnya hidupan liar dan alam semulajadi sehingga eco-sistem amat serius dilukai dan terancam.
Ini jelas ternyata bahawa pemerintahan dajjal amat dashyat sehingga budaya hamba kepada kekayaan telah berjaya merasuk dan diwarisi oleh generasi masa depan ( sekiranya rakyat masih tidak sedar ).
Jika ia kerajaan yang prihatin dan pintar, segala-gala kekayaan bumi harus dikekalkan selama yang boleh supaya generasi masa depan berpeluang menikmatinya. Tetapi, sebaliknya, pemerintahan dajjal berlumba-lumba nak habiskan kesemuanya secepat mungkin seperti ia kepunyaan bapak mereka punya. Kalau rakyat masih tidak sedar dan beri sokongan perbuatan ini, maka generasi masa depan seperti anak-anak dan cucu-cucu kita akan berhadapan sengsara seperti pepatah melayu kera hutan disusukan, anak sendiri dibiar kelaparan.
Malahan, amat sedih ternampak masih ramai umat muslimin dikaburi tanpa erti perbezaan apa ia jahat sehingga memuja “kejahatan” dan “kebenaran” telah jadi mangsa sehingga ditolak.
Jangan tunggu sampai suatu hari nanti apabila ditimpa bencana disumpah langit dikecam bumi berlaku dibumi warisi kita.
Kekejaman..bagi saya, seluruh instituisi kerajaan seperti PDRM, Kastam diRaja, Imigresen, SPRM,SPR dan badan kehakiman adalah hamba-hamba dAJJAL ( Ya’juj dan Ma’juj ). Agensi-agensi kerajaan telah dijadikan hamba-hamba dajjal dan dilepaskan dari pintu tembaga kemudian mereka itu akan meratakan gunung, membunuh semua binatang ternakan, keringkan semua sungai dan sehingga kubur pun mereka akan gali.
Tanda-tanda kekejaman telah muncul sejak pemerintahan mahathir selepas detik hitam13th may. Sejurus beliau dilantik perdana menteri, ops lalang telah dihidupkan semula dan bertindak segera terhadap ketua pembangkang dan aktivis sosial pada October 27, 1987, seramai 106 orang ditahan dalam akta ISA.
Insiden 13th may adalah alat tindakkan susulan diperuntukkan kepada pentadbiran kerajaan mahathir mengetatkan kebebasan hak rakyat.
Kekejaman ini akan berterusan bertindak terhadap rakyat sehingga ia dijatuhkan.
Syukur alhamdulilah, himpunan bersih disertai begitu ramai umat amar makruf nahi munkar.
They all got their ‘practical experience’. No doubt they will all be given some battle colours to wear.
Now you guys know what happened during May 13….word of advice…..be prepared…..always be prepared……
With all the evidence of police brutality, where is the international community’s stand on this matter. Mr Ban Ki Moon, as head of the world body, what is your take on this one?
Looks like our policemen have transformed into a gangster organization where revenge is the order of the day. Syafiq and Munir became their outlet for revenge. Sympathies to these guys.