SUHAKAM
Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and
After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012
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While the Panel is appreciative of the co-operation and assistance rendered
by PDRM in providing names of its police personnel, it is disappointed that
notwithstanding several and repeated requests, PDRM failed to provide the names
of police personnel on duty at Jalan Tun Perak after 3.00 pm where the alleged
incidents of use of disproportionate and unwarranted force took place. In particular,
the names of those on general duties (GDs) were not made available to the Panel.
PDRM also did not send personnel who could answer the allegations made during
the testimonies of the various civilian witnesses. As a result, the Panel was not able
to obtain direct responses to many of the allegations made during the hearing,
thus forcing the Panel to draw various inferences, not all of which are necessarily
favourable to PDRM.
2.10 The Panel would also like to record that several key witnesses did not assist
the Inquiry to the best of their abilities and either failed to provide or were not
forthcoming in providing crucial information during the hearing. One key witness
from PDRM also failed or was unable to identify the police personnel depicted in
the video clips notwithstanding specific instructions from the Panel to supply the
information upon his recall to the stand.
2.11 There were also several medical personnel who were not co-operative and did not
assist the Panel by providing testimonies based on medical reports prepared by
them.
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