SUHAKAM Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012 32 the group of police personnel surrounded him and carried on kicking and stomping on him. The assault continued for about one minute even as he shouted that he was from the media. At that time he was wearing his media tag. W17 had bruises all over his body and his head hurt from being hit. He felt nauseous and dizzy from the attack. When he was brought to the paramedics, they told him to stay conscious. As a result of the blows, W17 suffered from multiple bruises and broken ribs (Exhibit 39). 3.38 Mohd Radzi Abdul Razak (W17) also saw a man who was taking photographs using his mobile phone being pulled aside by the police and instructed to delete the photographs. He witnessed a reporter with Malaysiakini by the name of Nigel Aw who was asked to stop taking photographs. 3.39 While at the hospital,28 W17 said that his editors and friends faced some difficulties in trying to see him; a police personnel stationed outside the emergency ward refused them entry. The Prime Minister visited W17 at the hospital,29 apologised to him and gave his word that PDRM would look into the matter of his injuries. 3.40 Puspanathan a/l Periannan (W20)30 witnessed a group of police chasing a group of participants at about 6.00 to 6.30 pm at Masjid Jamek. Earlier, the police had ordered the crowd to disperse with the words, “Tolong bersurai”31 using a loudhailer. Those who were caught were beaten up. W20 took photographs of the incidents that were happening around him, including this incident. One police personnel went up to him and told him, “Tak boleh ambik.”32 The police who uttered those words wore a uniform, and with him were 4-5 other police personnel in plain clothes. They requested him to give up his camera and memory card, to which he refused. They grabbed his camera by the strap but W20 refused to surrender at which point the police let go. The police then asked W20 to delete the photographs and, to ensure that the photographs had in fact been deleted, he was ordered to repeat the procedure twice. Although W20 informed the police that he was from the media and showed his media identification card, the police insisted that he delete the photographs. 3.41 Suhaimi bin Suratman (W8) testified that while being detained at Royal Selangor Club, there was a female Chinese journalist who was also detained, and when she requested for a visit to the washroom to change her sanitary pad, it was denied. 28 29 30 31 32 W17 was sent to Hospital Kuala Lumpur by the medical team before being sent to Assunta Hospital later. Wartawan dakwa dipukul polis, Najib minta maaf. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/196436 Puspanathan a/l Periannan, W20 is a photographer with The Star newspaper. “Please disperse” “No photographs allowed”