Mohamad, better known as Mat Sabu, said a police Mitsubishi Pajero stopped on the side of Jalan Bangsar to force him onto the remaining open lane where a police Proton Waja rammed into his motorcycle head-on. He said two police officers then lifted him up and put him in the back of the Waja, where he was left for “quite some time in pain” before being taken to the Dang Wangi police station to have his injuries looked at.KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) will hold a public inquiry into alleged police brutalities committed during and before last weekend’s Bersih rally.
Suhakam vice-chairman Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee said members of the public and the authorities will be invited to submit their testimonies at the investigation, which she hopes to set up as soon as August.
She added that Suhakam, which sent monitors to observe Saturday’s chaotic rally for free elections, will also rely on its own reports for the probe.
Khaw and Suhakam commissioners Muhamad Sha’ani Abdullah and James Nayagam had earlier heard first-hand accounts from Bersih protesters who claimed they suffered physical and verbal abuse at the hands of the police on Saturday.
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