SUHAKAM Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012 4 a. to procure and receive all such evidence, written or oral, and to examine all such persons as witnesses, as the Commission thinks necessary or desirable to procure or examine; b. to require that the evidence, whether written or oral, of any witness be given on oath or affirmation, such oath or affirmation being that which could be required of the witness if he were giving evidence in a court of law, and to administer or cause to be administered by an officer authorized in that behalf by the Commission an oath or affirmation to every such witness; c. to summon any person residing in Malaysia to attend any meeting of the Commission to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession, and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession; d. to admit notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56], any evidence, whether written or oral, which may be inadmissible in civil or criminal proceedings; and e. to admit or exclude the public from such inquiry or any part thereof. (2)  Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(c), where a person summoned is a person under detention under any other written law, such summons shall be issued in accordance with the laws applicable in relation to the place of detention. 1.16 A Panel for the purpose of the Inquiry was formed comprising three members of the Commission: • Datuk Dr. Khaw Lake Tee (Chairperson) • Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mahmood Zuhdi bin Hj Abd Majid (member) • Mr. Detta Samen (member) 1.17 The Panel then formed a Secretariat to assist in the Inquiry comprising the following officers from the Commission: Presenting Officers Secretariat • • • • • • • • • Mr. Simon Karunagaram Mr. Shahizad Sulaiman Ms. Yustina Ishak Mr. Helmi Fendy Mohammad Ms. Norashikin Hamzah Mr. Ahmad Zaidi Baharuddin Ms. Nurulhidayati Masdim Ms. Nur Hariza Abd Aziz Mr. Roslan Mohd Ali • • • • • Ms. Intan Farida Adnan Ms. Nur Syamimi Mr. Ameer Izyanif Mr. Shahizad Sulaiman Ms. Lau Sor Pian