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Bloody Sunday - the aftermath
May 29, 06 8:03pm
May 29, 06 8:03pm
Ten-year-old Mohd Zafran Amran saw his father being beaten by Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel at a demonstration yesterday.
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When met at the Pusat Rawatan Islam in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, the schoolboy had two words to describe the police personnel - orang jahat (bad people).
I was alone (when the FRU charged) and was very scared, said Mohd Zafran, whose father Amran Zulkifli was hospitalised after being repeatedly clubbed by the police.
The sight of Amran, whose blood was profusely flowing from deep wounds in his head, had shocked those who were at the protest.
The 38-year-old businessman was immediately sent to the Pusat Rawatan Islam, Kuala Lumpur, where he was given five stitches.
Numerous organisations and opposition leaders have strongly condemned the polices aggression against the 500-odd anti-fuel price hike demonstrators who had gathered peacefully outside the
Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
Worried about my son
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When malaysiakini met Amran today, he revealed palm-sized black-blue bruises on his shoulder, his back and
upper-right arm.
I was not afraid (when the FRU charged), but I was worried for my kid. I was afraid he would be attacked too, he said.
Recounting the incident, Amran said he shielded his son with his arms when the police had fired their water cannons. They then quickly moved out of range.
"Then came the FRU - armed with shields and batons. They beat whoever came in their path. We had no chance to plea to them, we could only run."
"In the chaos, I lost my son. So I slowed down. The FRU came from behind me and they kept beating my back and head with their shields and batons," he added.
According to him, blood began flowing profusely from his head and his black shirt turned red.
"I felt dizzy but I continued to run from them," said Amran, who was discharged today.
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Amrans friends sent him to the hospital. Despite being
drenched in blood, the businessman managed to call a friend to look after his son while he received medical treatment.
He said a photo journalist was also beaten on the head and he also bled while others suffered from bruises.
Amran went ballistics when told that Dang Wangi district police chief Kamal Pasha claimed 'minimum force' was used by the FRU. Kamal added that the police had acted in self-defense.
"If it was minimum force, they won't hit our heads. We were unarmed, we didn't assault the FRU. They were not dispersing the protestors. This was not dispersing. They wanted to hurt us!"
Amran had lodged a police report over his assault yesterday.
Broken hand
Meanwhile, another demonstrator Lim Ban Teng, 24, broke his right hand when he was hit with a baton.
He told malaysiakini that the protestors had shouted "OK, OK, we disperse!" but the FRU had ignored the plea.
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According to a video footage taken during the scuffle, the protestors were raising their hands to indicate that they were harmless when the FRU charged.
"They suddenly attacked us," said Lim, who is the treasurer of the Malaysia Youth and Student Democratic Movement (Dema).
One of Lims friends was cut in the face by a police shield while others sustained minor injuries.
"I can't write. This will affect my job," said Lim, who is a tuition teacher.
Dr Hatta Ramli, the chief organiser of yesterdays protest, said they will lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) against the FRU's violence.
Hatta vowed that the protestors would not be cowed by the police violence against them. "We are considering another protest."
Photo gallery
Video footage
I was alone (when the FRU charged) and was very scared, said Mohd Zafran, whose father Amran Zulkifli was hospitalised after being repeatedly clubbed by the police.
The sight of Amran, whose blood was profusely flowing from deep wounds in his head, had shocked those who were at the protest.
The 38-year-old businessman was immediately sent to the Pusat Rawatan Islam, Kuala Lumpur, where he was given five stitches.
Numerous organisations and opposition leaders have strongly condemned the polices aggression against the 500-odd anti-fuel price hike demonstrators who had gathered peacefully outside the
Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
Worried about my son
I was not afraid (when the FRU charged), but I was worried for my kid. I was afraid he would be attacked too, he said.
Recounting the incident, Amran said he shielded his son with his arms when the police had fired their water cannons. They then quickly moved out of range.
"Then came the FRU - armed with shields and batons. They beat whoever came in their path. We had no chance to plea to them, we could only run."
"In the chaos, I lost my son. So I slowed down. The FRU came from behind me and they kept beating my back and head with their shields and batons," he added.
According to him, blood began flowing profusely from his head and his black shirt turned red.
"I felt dizzy but I continued to run from them," said Amran, who was discharged today.
He said a photo journalist was also beaten on the head and he also bled while others suffered from bruises.
Amran went ballistics when told that Dang Wangi district police chief Kamal Pasha claimed 'minimum force' was used by the FRU. Kamal added that the police had acted in self-defense.
"If it was minimum force, they won't hit our heads. We were unarmed, we didn't assault the FRU. They were not dispersing the protestors. This was not dispersing. They wanted to hurt us!"
Amran had lodged a police report over his assault yesterday.
Broken hand
Meanwhile, another demonstrator Lim Ban Teng, 24, broke his right hand when he was hit with a baton.
He told malaysiakini that the protestors had shouted "OK, OK, we disperse!" but the FRU had ignored the plea.
"They suddenly attacked us," said Lim, who is the treasurer of the Malaysia Youth and Student Democratic Movement (Dema).
One of Lims friends was cut in the face by a police shield while others sustained minor injuries.
"I can't write. This will affect my job," said Lim, who is a tuition teacher.
Dr Hatta Ramli, the chief organiser of yesterdays protest, said they will lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) against the FRU's violence.
Hatta vowed that the protestors would not be cowed by the police violence against them. "We are considering another protest."
Photo gallery
Video footage
Brutal end to anti-fuel hike demo
May 28, 06 2:09pm
May 28, 06 2:09pm
One of the protest banners said: "Cronies get rich while workers are oppressed".
The protestors also slammed a government's decision last week to raise electricity tariffs by 12 percent - the first hike in nearly a decade.
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Some 100 riot police wielding batons and rifles stood guard in front of KLCC Twin Towers, alongside several water cannon trucks, as helicopters flew overhead.
"Everybody is suffering from the fuel hike. Now electricity prices are also up. These two hikes will hit us hard, whether our pay is large or small," chief protest organiser Dr Hatta Ramli told the crowd.
"Everybody is suffering from the fuel hike. Now electricity prices are also up. These two hikes will hit us hard, whether our pay is large or small," chief protest organiser Dr Hatta Ramli told the crowd.
Immediately, the police through loudhailers issued an order for the crowd to disperse. The crowd ignored the warning, and five minutes later, water cannons were fired.
Those arrested include Liu, PAS Kubang Kerian member of parliament Salahuddin Ayub and Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy information chief Badrul Hisham.
Excessive violence
Zahir was walking away from the protest venue with his two daughters when he was repeatedly shoved from behind by a FRU
officer using his shield.
Instead, Zahir was assaulted by several FRU personnel. He was thrown to the floor, endured several blows of police baton and at least three kicks - two on the back and one on the abdomen - prompting his daughters to scream hysterically.
An X-ray was taken before Zahir was sent to the Pudu police station where other detainees were held.
The protester held on to a police officer in a bid to shield himself from the blows, which included one from the butt end of a gas canister launcher (second photo from top).
Traces of blood stains were also found at the entrance of KLCC, where a scuffle between FRU personnel and an unidentified protestor had allegedly taken place. The protestor was believed to have been hospitalised for lacerations to the head.
Cops act in self-defence
Asked by malaysiakini if the use of force, especially the repeated kicking by his men, were justifiable, Kamal told reporters that his men had acted in self-defence.
"They (the protestors) resisted arrest. They started kicking first. (Retaliation) for us is self-defence. Minimum force was used," insisted Kamal.
He told the crowd that past protests had been peaceful and this protest was to be the last before they begin a new phase of their anti-fuel hike campaign.
A crowd later gathered outside the Pudu police station where the detained protestors were held. At about 4pm, all 18 were freed on police bail.
The protestors said that they might go the Human Rights Commission, or Suhakam, tomorrow to lodge a complaint against the police.
The protestors said that they might go the Human Rights Commission, or Suhakam, tomorrow to lodge a complaint against the police.
Is M'sia fit for UN rights council?
May 30, 06 2:05pm
May 30, 06 2:05pm
A regional human rights watchdog is wondering if at all Malaysia is fit to be part of the newly-established United Nationals Human Rights Council due to its blatant disregard of human rights on Sunday.
On Sunday, numerous people were injured after police violently broke up a peaceful demonstration against the fuel and electricity tariff hikes at the iconic KLCC.
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Twenty people were arrested while at least two fathers were brutally assaulted by riot
police in front their children. Shoppers and tourist watched the entire proceedings in disbelief.
It is unfortunate that this incident has come right after Malaysia had been recently appointed into the new Human Rights Council for a period of three years,
We would like to remind Malaysia that with this mandate, it is responsible for improving its domestic human rights record under the universal periodic review, while ensuring the effectiveness of the council, said Anselmo Lee, executive director of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia).
Ending police impunity
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The council seeks to address gross, systematic violations and promote coordination and mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system.
Malaysia was picked to join 46 member council purportedly for its free press and establishment of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).
Lee also called on civil society groups in Malaysia, including its affiliate Suaram, to press on for the immediate establishment of the Independent Police Complaint and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
Based on the violence seen on Sunday, the IPCMC was desperately needed to hold police officers accountable for any corrupt and violent acts, thus ending total impunity among members of the police force immediately.
On Sunday, numerous people were injured after police violently broke up a peaceful demonstration against the fuel and electricity tariff hikes at the iconic KLCC.
It is unfortunate that this incident has come right after Malaysia had been recently appointed into the new Human Rights Council for a period of three years,
We would like to remind Malaysia that with this mandate, it is responsible for improving its domestic human rights record under the universal periodic review, while ensuring the effectiveness of the council, said Anselmo Lee, executive director of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia).
Ending police impunity
Malaysia was picked to join 46 member council purportedly for its free press and establishment of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).
Lee also called on civil society groups in Malaysia, including its affiliate Suaram, to press on for the immediate establishment of the Independent Police Complaint and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
Based on the violence seen on Sunday, the IPCMC was desperately needed to hold police officers accountable for any corrupt and violent acts, thus ending total impunity among members of the police force immediately.
Vox Populi: The meaning of Bloody Sunday
May 30, 06 3:46pm
May 30, 06 3:46pm
YiFan: From what I know, Bloody Sunday was a protest that took place in Derry, Northern Ireland on Jan 30, 1972. From 1969 to 1970, in a series of protest against the British, a lot of people died, detained without trial, and brutally treated by police force and British army in Northern Ireland. The struggle in Northern Ireland is a complicated issue, different from the issues that brought to a series of protest in KLCC since March 2006. But, one thing remains the same - the state has used brutality to "control" the people.
Here in Malaysia, you cannot control people by water cannons and batons. Because we are progressing towards Vision 2020. Because we applaud the call of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the concepts of Islam Hadhari, not Jihad. Now, my question is, how can this government, which promotes peace by sending humanitarian aid to East Timor recently, made their own people bleed in their homeland. Yes, there might be "only" a few protesters hurt in Sundays demo, but the hearts of many Malaysian are bleeding.
Let us don't forget this. Why do you hurt your own people (in fact, the one who elected you and trusted your capabilities)? Why do you ask us to listen to your stories (Islam Hadhari, Malaysian for Peace, Vision 2020, etc.) but ignore ours? Why dont the police want the IPCMC?
Dont forgive them before these questions are answered.
AB: The former prime minister had warned the western nations that the troubles in and around the Middle East would not end unless the root causes of terrorism is eradicated.
Perhaps he would be well advised to also send the same message to the present prime minister with regard to the police action on selected demonstrations, as I believe the root causes of future upheaval in Malaysia would be the direct result of the uncontrolled police force which is now seemingly untouchable in this country.
Should the country's citizens continue to support such a government of bigotry and cronyism in the elections? If we do not see where this government is taking us because we are in the "comfort zones" as individuals, there is no one to blame but us citizens, when the crunch comes.
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