My faith in the police had totally vanished after witnessing what happened in front of the Amcorp Mall, PJ during the candlelight protest against the ISA. The police had not only lied but had used these lies to justified their brutality. ACP Arjunaidi Mohamad had lied about the sequence of events. First he lied (The Sun) that the protestors were stopped by a human barricade of Ligh Strike Force (LSF) when they moved towards Dataran Timur. Yes the barricade was there, but no one prevented the protestors from moving into the field. After a very short gathering, and singing of the National Anthem, they retreated into the car park towards the Mall. It is during this time that the LSF started their attack on the crowd, pushing them rowards the Mall. Then he lied again when he said that at 8.45pm the protestors started to march towards Dataran Timur again. This is 100% a blatant lie. When the protestors retreated the first time, they were already trapped in the Mall, as the LSF had formed a barricade infront of the Mall entrance. And after having trapped the protestors in the Mall, the police then went in and began to drag out innocent Malaysians, one by one, whose only crime was to want to voice their dissent against a draconian law, and their only weapon was the candle. Take a hard look at the video clip and see how these people were being dragged out like criminals, especially the young girls, shouting and screaming.
I salute those who were arrested and led out in handcuffs. I want to tell these people that there is no shame for being arrested, and there was no need to lower your heads. Hold your heads high and walk tall for we salute you for taking our place.
As for the police, it was indeed a crying shame, shame the police force and shame the country. Imagine at times, having 6 to 8 people struggling to bring one person to the black maria.
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