SUHAKAM
Report of Public Inquiry into the Incidents During and
After the Public Assembly of 28 April 2012
3.21 Hanafi bin Ahmad Zainuddin (W10) in his testimony said that a group of police
personnel approached him and his friends. Since it was impossible for them to
leave, they decided to sit down and wait until they could leave the area. Hence,
they did not run when the police personnel approached them. Upon seeing him
in a yellow T-shirt, a police personnel grabbed, but released him when he realised
that W10 was wearing a yellow Negeri Sembilan jersey. However, W10’s nephew,
Faizullah was grabbed as he was wearing a yellow BERSIH T-shirt. Faizullah was
taken to the HSBC building where he was allegedly hit and stomped upon by
about 10-15 police personnel. When W10 tried to stop the police from further
injuring Faizullah, he also received blows. He managed to retreat and escape by
running away.
3.22 Hanafi bin Ahmad Zainuddin (W10) also saw the police chasing a man who was
carrying a camera, and saw the police confiscating the camera.
3.23 In the above incidences involving groups of police personnel, the witnesses
concerned testified that the police personnel concerned were either in full police
uniform, or in uniform but without their identification number. Some were in plain
clothes with or without a vest bearing the word POLIS. Kumar Suppiah (W6) also
observed that many of the police personnel in uniform were not wearing any sort
of identification.
3.24 Some witnesses testified that DBKL officers and the traffic police were also seen
in these groups. W6 saw DBKL officers wearing dark green trousers with white
stripes on the sides, hitting participants. Meanwhile Khairul Anuar bin Pawanchik
(W3) saw a group of traffic police in their black and white uniforms riding their
motorcycles against traffic while gesturing in a taunting manner at the participants.
Testimonies from Witnesses Detained at Premises
3.25 Many of the participants of the assembly tried to escape into nearby buildings
to escape the effects of the water cannon and tear gas. Kumar Suppiah (W6)
testified that while the tear gas was being fired, he ran to the DBKL building for
shelter. He saw a young woman falling down in front of the steps of the DBKL
building and being assisted by other participants to a part of the DBKL building
where the ATMs were located. They suspected that she had broken her arm and
was unable to move much. She was screaming in pain. Two groups of police
personnel entered that part of the building, and upon seeing the situation there,
left but not before informing them that an ambulance would be on the way. After
a few minutes, a third group of 10-15 police personnel, including a DBKL officer
entered the kiosk, and started to assault everyone there. W6 claimed that he was
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