Even with Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai vehemently denying that police fired tear gas and water cannons into Tung Shin Hospital during last Saturday's rally, the Bar Council monitoring team is backing the many witness accounts that this happened.
Presenting the observation report compiled from some 100 observers deployed during the rally, Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said police had used indiscriminate and excessive tear gas and water cannons against peaceful protesters.
Water from the cannons fired by the police, Lim told a press conference at Bar Council office in Kuala Lumpur today, went into the compound of Tung Shin Hospital, and according to eyewitness accounts, tear gas canisters also landed in the compound.
He also screened a footage taken by one of the observers, showing the hospital being hit by water cannons during the rally.
The Bar Council went on to urge Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to drop his "siege mentality" against the allegations of police brutality during the Bersih 2.0 rally.
Lim also called on the minister to conduct an independent internal investigation into the allegations and to find ways to improve the conduct of the police, instead of warning the media.
Yesterday, Hishammuddin had warned that action would be taken against those whose reports on police brutality and misconduct during the rally were found to be untrue, and that this included the media.
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Presenting the observation report compiled from some 100 observers deployed during the rally, Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said police had used indiscriminate and excessive tear gas and water cannons against peaceful protesters.
Water from the cannons fired by the police, Lim told a press conference at Bar Council office in Kuala Lumpur today, went into the compound of Tung Shin Hospital, and according to eyewitness accounts, tear gas canisters also landed in the compound.He also screened a footage taken by one of the observers, showing the hospital being hit by water cannons during the rally.
The Bar Council went on to urge Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to drop his "siege mentality" against the allegations of police brutality during the Bersih 2.0 rally.
Lim also called on the minister to conduct an independent internal investigation into the allegations and to find ways to improve the conduct of the police, instead of warning the media.
Yesterday, Hishammuddin had warned that action would be taken against those whose reports on police brutality and misconduct during the rally were found to be untrue, and that this included the media.
[More to follow]
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