Police tried to kill Anwar

A view of Fayyadh's head after the police attack in the KL Sentral tunnel during the Bersih rally July 9 2011

PKR has accused the police of attempting to murder Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the July 9 Bersih rally.

Party leaders said today that light strike force personnel had fired tear gas canisters into the tunnel the opposition leader and other Bersih supporters were marching through.

They claimed policemen had aimed to kill Anwar who was pulled back and protected by his bodyguard who took a canister directly to his face, shattering his cheekbone.

“They aimed directly at Anwar’s head and a direct hit from one of these canisters can kill. We want this case classified as attempted murder,” said vice president N. Surendran who accompanied the opposition leader’s bodyguard Fayyadh Afiq Albakqry to lodge a police report at the Dang Wangi headquarters today.

Fayyadh, accompanied by Surendran, Subang MP R. Sivarasa and other PKR lawyers had lodged the report today as he was only discharged from hospital yesterday.

He said he had five titanium plates inserted into his cheek after the incident where PKR says almost a dozen canisters were fired into the tunnel and three, including Fayyadh and PAS’s Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad were hit directly in the head.

“The amount of tear gas fired could also have caused the air in the tunnel to become lethal if those gathered were not able to get out,” Surendran added.

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have also accused the police of “waging war” on those who gathered to call for free and fair elections, citing a Bar Council report claiming that police “had “arbitrarily, indiscriminately and excessively” fired from water cannons and launched tear gas canisters at close range and at eye-level at demonstrators.

However, police said yesterday that a probe into alleged police brutality during the Bersih rally was nearly complete and the findings would be made public by next week.

Bersih had gone ahead with the rally despite being denied police permission, plunging Kuala Lumpur into chaos as tens of thousands poured into the city, resulting in nearly 1,700 arrests, scores injured and the death of a PKR division leader’s husband.

The coalition of 62 NGOs had earlier agreed to an offer by Najib to move its street gathering to a stadium but was then told by authorities not to gather in the capital, ruling out its choice of the historical Stadium Merdeka.



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Look back at the case of the Altantuya murder. Until now, the faces of two policemen convicted of the crime have never been shown to the public as they were covered up when brought into and out of the court. Those committing crimes on behalf of the government obviously know they are protected.

All their actions are paid for with our taxpayers' money. It should be the duty of every decent Malaysian to play whatever role they can to end the tyranny.

"However, police said yesterday that a probe into alleged police brutality during the Bersih rally was nearly complete and the findings would be made public by next week."

Police investigating police will NEVER yield an independent outcome. Stop the charade!

You think we are stupid or what??????

In my opinion, the IGP and Hishamudin should be charged for attempted murder because the order came from them.