Sun | Sep 09, 07 | 07:25:13 PM
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) condemns the heavy handed fashion in
which
the police violently disrupted a peaceful gathering and talk that was
scheduled for the night of 8 September in Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala
Terengganu.
Mere hours after the release of a "people friendly budget", we are shocked
that the police decided to shoot live bullets into a crowd of innocent
people gathered peacefully at a talk organised by the Coalition for Clean
and Fair Elections (BERSIH).
This was in addition to the use of tear gas, batons and handcuffs to
brutally disperse the crowd.
While we have come to expect such injustices from the current government,
the sheer amount of violence is appalling and has not been used to break
up
such a simple, peaceful gathering in an extremely long time.
The shooting, gassing, beatings and arrests of scores of people whose only
"crime" was to seek alternative views and information clearly indicates
that
the BN government has reached the heights of desperation in their cowardly
and dishonorable attempt to hide their corruption and cruelty from the
Malaysian people.
The extremely last-minute decision of the police to revoke the permit for
the gathering which they had originally granted is not only unreasonable
but
also highly suspect, and points towards political meddling.
KeADILan demands that the Prime Minister immediately ordered an
independent
inquiry into the incident. We also call upon all Malaysians who wish to
preserve their rights to gather peacefully and seek alternative views to
voice up our unequivocal condemnation of police brutality.
* Tian Chua
Information Chief*
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