The Bersih 3.0 rally held in Kuala Lumpur on April 28, 2012, suffered extreme provocation from the police force, with, among other things, 909 tear gas canisters fired at the people, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur was told today.
Former Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan in her testimony today added: "Firing 909 tears gas canisters is an extreme provocation by the police. They provoked and attacked the people by the manner they fired tear gas and water cannons."
According to the Home Ministry, Ambiga said, a total of 909 tear gas canisters and 58 tear gas hand grenades were fired by the police just to disperse the 200,000-strong crowd.
The former Bar Council chairperson added that the rally would not have turned rowdy if the police had given their cooperation, as did the security forces in the anti-GST and Blackout 505 protests.
Ambiga (right) was the first defendant in the trial of the civil suit filed by the Malaysian government against her and 14 other steering coalition members over damages and losses caused during the Bersih 3.0 protest on April 28, 2012.
The government is claiming special compensation amounting to RM122,000 as the costs for repairing damaged police vehicles, other costs, interests and other relief deemed fit by the court.
It is also seeking a declaration that the defendants, as the organisers of the Bersih 3.0 rally, had violated Section 6 (2)(g) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, as they had the responsibility, among others, of ensuring that the gathering would not cause damage to public property.
Following this, some of the Bersih representatives filed separate counter-claims against the government.
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Former Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan in her testimony today added: "Firing 909 tears gas canisters is an extreme provocation by the police. They provoked and attacked the people by the manner they fired tear gas and water cannons."According to the Home Ministry, Ambiga said, a total of 909 tear gas canisters and 58 tear gas hand grenades were fired by the police just to disperse the 200,000-strong crowd.
The former Bar Council chairperson added that the rally would not have turned rowdy if the police had given their cooperation, as did the security forces in the anti-GST and Blackout 505 protests.
Ambiga (right) was the first defendant in the trial of the civil suit filed by the Malaysian government against her and 14 other steering coalition members over damages and losses caused during the Bersih 3.0 protest on April 28, 2012.The government is claiming special compensation amounting to RM122,000 as the costs for repairing damaged police vehicles, other costs, interests and other relief deemed fit by the court.
It is also seeking a declaration that the defendants, as the organisers of the Bersih 3.0 rally, had violated Section 6 (2)(g) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, as they had the responsibility, among others, of ensuring that the gathering would not cause damage to public property.
Following this, some of the Bersih representatives filed separate counter-claims against the government.
[More to follow]
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