Please check out HINDRAF’s latest Press or Media Statement released late yesterday. If you are lazy to do so, you might as well read a copy of it down below.
“MEDIA STATEMENT
3-12-2007
RE : 1. PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY CASUALTIES
2. AT LEAST ONE ALLEGEDLY KILLED
3. POLICE BEAT UP AND POLICE BRUTALITY ON
PEACEFUL ASSEMBLERS.
4. AT LEAST ONE SUFFERED FROM PARTIAL PARALYSIS AS A RESULT OF FORCED INHALATION OF EXCESSIVE TEAR GAS AND CHEMICAL LACED WATER CANON.
5. ONE HUNDRED OVER BELIEVED INJURED.
1. ALLEGED KILLING .
We have receive a fax and a phone call complaining that at least one peaceful assembler has been allegedly killed on 25-11-2007 as a result of forced inhalation of excessive tear gas and chemical laced water cannon had breating difficulties and the stress and or distress thereafter. We call upon the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to come out public on this very serious complaint and not to cover up as usual. Did he die on 25-11-2007 or 27-11-2007 as the Death Certificate looks tampered. In any event why didn’t the IGP make public this killing earlier. The death certificate from the Ampang Hospital general hospital dated 25/27-11-2007 is enclosed herewith (where the peaceful assembly took place).
2. PARTIAL PARALYSIS
At least one person ie Mr. Maniam a/l Alagan (49) (I/C No : 580405-10-5841) had become partially paralysed as a result of forced inhatation of exercise tear gas and chemical faced water canon Mr. Maniam’s eyes are red and his mouth pulled to the right side. He is currently still admitted at ward 8A of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang.
3. BATU CAVES HINDU TEMPLE STORMED AND DEVOTEES
ATTACKED
Police stormed and devotees attacked and beaten up with brutality at the Batu Caves Hindu temple in the early hours 25/11/07. We started receiving phone calls from about 4.00 a.m onwards that the riot police (FRU) police and plainclothes UMNO gangsters had stormed into Malaysia’s biggest Hindu temple Batu Caves temple and were attacking the hindu devotees.
For no reason or rhyme tear gas was fired at the peaceful hindu devotees inside Batu Caves. Then one hundred over were arrested, beaten up on site and then locked up.
Other innocent people passing by, coming to Batu Caves temple were arrested solely for the reason that they being Indians.
Among the examples are :
1. Gogilan a/l Murugaanthan (24) (I/C No : 730508-14-5759)
- was inside his car nearby the Batu Caves temple when he was
suddenly pounced upon pulled out of his car, beaten up by about
8-9 plainclothes racist UMNO mob, arrested by police, locked up and prosecuted for taking part in an unlawful assembly. Injured on the right hand, left cheek, right hip, left leg and ears.
2. Anbalagan a/l Aruvasala (22) (I/C No : 850520-08-6145)
- Attacked, assaulted and beaten up by riot police at the Batu Caves Hindu temple bleeding from nose and hit on the head. Had blue black left eye.
3. Sinniah a/l Jagir Singh (68) (I/C N o : 390206-08-5019)
- Hit with baton on the left chest while praying inside the Batu Caves temple.
Over and above this one bus was partly burnt 20 motor cycles and cars damaged and had their windscreens damaged. Hundreds were beaten up while praying in this temple.
POLICE BRUTALITY ON PEACEFUL ASSEMBLERS IN AND AROUND THE KLCC AREA
Though the peaceful assembly was only scheduled to start at 9.00 a.m peaceful assemblers had started gathering since midnight as they wanted the beat the intended police roadblocks.
Water canons and tear gas were fired from about 7.00 a.m onwards. Instead of firing upwards the police at times fired tear gas on the peaceful assemblers as if they were shooting stray dogs resulting in the following injuries.
1. Arumugam a/l Balakrishnan (photo enclosed)
- Tear gas canister shot on the nose and was bleeding profusely and had broken nasal bone and had 27 stitches. admitted at the Kuala Lumpur
General Hospital. The police gave him RM20.00 and told him to take a taxi and go to the K.L General Hospital case covered up.
2. Bala (photo enclosed)
- Tear gas canister hit his cheek and temple (bruised) after nearly missing his eye
3. One Tangam was assaulted and sustained injuries on his right hand.
4. The Malaysian Bar Council has a list of all the other injuries, beatings and other abuses.
Thought the Inspector General of Police proclaimed that there was no body contact, the complaints we received proves otherwise.
Kindly sack the Inspector General (IGP) of police and replace him with a more caring, non racist and justice conscious IGP.
We call upon the Prime Minister to form a Royal Commission of Inquiry into this tregdy
Thank You,
Yours Faithfully
P.Uthayakumar
Legal Adviser”
Sorry folks, I’m not going to waste my time commenting on HINDRAF’s latest demand since I’m poising myself for other important issues (I strongly recommend other Malaysians to do the same!) such as the Lingam Tape saga and BERSIH. I will let those folks over at MalaysiaKini, HarakahDaily or Malaysia Today to do the talking.
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