IGP has no idea of any street demonstration

KUCHING: The police have not received any information on plans to hold street demonstrations in the State such as the one organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Speaking to the media at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) in Jalan Puncak Borneo yesterday, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the police would nevertheless continue to monitor the situation, and take appropriate action should such a protest take place.
“I don’t know if they (Bersih) are planning anything for Sarawak. I have not received any information but the police will be monitoring the situation,” said Musa, who arrived here yesterday for a working visit.
On the coalition’s plans to hold a street protest in Terengganu, Musa reiterated that the organisers did not have a permit to do so, and the police would take stern action against the participants.
“ I have been told they are going ahead with the protest without permit. It is against the law and we will take stern action,” he said.
On Sunday, thousands of people took part in a street rally organised by Bersih, which also saw opposition chief Lim Kit Siang, Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, handing over a memorandum on the country’s election process to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Musa also refuted claims by television station, Al-Jazeera, that police resorted to using violence to quell protesters at Saturday’s rally, calling the report as ‘untrue’ and mere ‘propaganda’.
“Suhakam was there and saw for themselves that we did not use any violence, but rather acted in a professional manner,” said the IGP.
“They (Al-Jazeera) just wanted to smear the name of the country.”
Musa was speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting with senior police officers at Pulapol, during which he was briefed on training methods for recruits at the camp.
Musa said he also made several suggestions on ways to improve the training methods, and instructed that police officers be given ‘in-service training’ to improve their performance.
State Police Commissioner Datuk Abdul Rahman Hussin, State CID chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah and General Operations Force Brigade Commander Law Hong Soon were among those present at the function.

Suhakam jangan hakis kepercayaan rakyat - Bersih

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov (Hrkh) - Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih) mendesak agar Pesuruhjaya Suhakam, Dato' N. Siva Subramaniam meletakkan jawatan daripada suruhanjaya tersebut berikutan kenyataannya bahawa polis tidak menggunakan kekerasan dalam perhimpunan 100,000 rakyat pada 10 November lalu.
Jawatankuasa Bersih, Yap Swee Seng menegaskan kenyataan Siva itu amat memeranjatkan kerana dilihat bertentangan dengan mandat Suhakam untuk membela hak asasi manusia.
Malahan katanya dilihat berbeza dengan kenyataannya selama ini berhubung beberapa insiden kekejaman polis yang berlaku.
Jelas Pengarah Eksekutif Suaram ini, laporan daripada media antarabangsa mengenai perhimpunan tersebut secara langsung jelas menunjukkan kekejaman yang dilakukan polis.
Beliau melahirkan kekesalan bagaimana Siva menyatakan tiada kekejaman yang berlaku pada hari tersebut.
Beliau berkata demikian dalam sidang media anjuran pertubuhan tersebut di lobi Parlimen hari ini.

tunku : this is the disease which carried by the opposition group, every time the loses or one group give statement against their wish, that group will be label as liars,corrupted and demand for their resignation. all these while suhakam was good because it had supported opposition many time on certain issue but when it comes to the illegal gathering where Siva was there to witness it talk the truth, they can't accept it.