SUHAKAM Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012 Exhibit 20(e) Exhibits 20(a-e) show injuries suffered by W7 3.15 The majority of the witnesses20 who were arrested and led to the holding area at Dataran Merdeka, beside the Royal Selangor Club, the designated area for detainees arrested that day, claimed to have to walk past police personnel lining both sides of the road,21 and to have received punches, kicks and blows to their bodies from those police personnel. Many witnesses observed that there were about approximately 50 police personnel on each side of the road. Some stated that the police also hurled profanities at them. 3.16 Kumar Suppiah (W6) was dragged by his collar by police personnel to the front of the DBKL building to join about 40-50 other participants who had also been ordered to wait there. At about 4.30 pm, they were ordered to head towards Royal Selangor Club, and on the way there, near the St Mary’s Church, W6 claimed that a few police personnel ran towards them and started to kick them. 3.17 W6 also testified that a police personnel told him, “Saya akan hapuskan kamu bila balik, sampai balai,”22 adding that a policeman had been injured, and that they (the participants) would be dealt with should anything happen to their colleague. While in the bus on the way to PULAPOL, he witnessed traffic police personnel beating a participant, who was restrained by two police personnel, one on each side. He testified that many among the other participants with him on the bus were also suffering from various injuries. 20 21 22 Kumar Suppiah (W6), Leong Siew Meng (W11), Lee Teck Yew (W12), Koh Jui Lin (W16) According to W16, he had to ‘run the gauntlet’, referring to the two lines of policemen. “I will destroy you once we reach the police station”. 21