KUALA LUMPUR: The razor wire used to cordon off several areas surrounding Dataran Merdeka during the Bersih 3.0 rally should not have been used on members of the public, Suhakam’s public inquiry into the rally was told.
Retired army personnel Khairul Annuar Pawanchik, 60, said that some of the wire which had been used during the rally and identified as “razor blade barbed concertina wire”, was usually used in war zones and atop prison walls.
“I think the wire should never have been used. In my experience, it is the most dangerous razor wire,” he said yesterday at the Suhakam public inquiry into allegations during and after the April 28 gathering.
However, he stressed that he was not against the police but was “concerned that it would have injured the public”.
Khairul, who is a Red Crescent Society communication and reserve officer, was the third witness called before the panel yesterday.
He said that a person would need special gloves and sufficient training to remove the razor wire, adding that it would take five to 10 minutes.
While giving his account of the events on that day, he said he saw a group of 15 to 20 traffic police officers with the leading officer holding up his gun while on a motorcycle in between Quality Hotel and Medan Mara.
The inquiry, which began yesterday, is chaired by Suhakam vice-chairman Prof Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee and assisted by fellow commissioners Prof Datuk Dr Mahmood Zuhdi Abdul Majid and Detta Samen.
The two other witnesses, who also testified yesterday, were rally participant Kunabal K. Rajagopal, 58, and Baharudin Hashim, 53, who described himself as a “curious bystander”.
At a press conference later, Dr Khaw said tentatively 22 witnesses excluding police officers would be called during the inquiry.
Where is the establishment of our 'caring' for one another ( among Malaysians) in the sense of living? written by Tan Peek Guat,
Saturday, July 07 2012 08:58 am
"Retired army personnel Khairul Annuar Pawanchik, 60, said that some of the wire which had been used during the rally and identified as “razor blade barbed concertina wire”, was usually used in war zones and atop prison walls."
This illustrates a sad and grim picture of the treatment given to our own people by their/our own 'guardians'. It is close to the 'pagar' which 'makan' the padi - as in "Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi".
For the same reasons, many housing estates have established their own 'security systems' and make the people pay. Rightly or otherwise, payment is the answer which the organisers want want instead of improving unity and security in other ways - because the sense of 'friendship' and 'unity' has been progressively lost in this jungle of 'violence' and 'control' over others....., and similarly, even as the people wait for the HOUSING TRIBUNAL so as to provide an avenue for them TO QUESTION THE ACTS and mismanagement OF THE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS and committees, THIS TRIBUNAL is not forthcoming until now, AND THE patient WAITING by the people GOES ON, AND ON......UNTIL WHEN?
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"Retired army personnel Khairul Annuar Pawanchik, 60, said that some of the wire which had been used during the rally and identified as “razor blade barbed concertina wire”, was usually used in war zones and atop prison walls."
This illustrates a sad and grim picture of the treatment given to our own people by their/our own 'guardians'. It is close to the 'pagar' which 'makan' the padi - as in "Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi".
For the same reasons, many housing estates have established their own 'security systems' and make the people pay. Rightly or otherwise, payment is the answer which the organisers want want instead of improving unity and security in other ways - because the sense of 'friendship' and 'unity' has been progressively
lost in this jungle of 'violence' and 'control' over others....., and similarly, even as the people wait for the HOUSING TRIBUNAL so as to provide an avenue for them TO QUESTION THE ACTS and mismanagement OF THE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS and committees, THIS TRIBUNAL is not forthcoming until now, AND THE patient WAITING by the people GOES ON, AND ON......UNTIL WHEN?
Regards.
Regards.