KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The DAP
today launched its own video compilation to shore up accusations of
police violence against protesters during the April 28 Bersih 3.0 rally
for electoral reforms.
The 15-minute video titled “Bersih 3.0: Semangat Bersih Harapan
Negara” is intended to “show our side of the story,” said DAP national
publicity secretary Tony Pua.
“We brought together a compilation of videos to prove that the Bersih
3.0 rally was peaceful and there’s no rhyme or reason why police should
have acted in such a manner,” Pua added.
He said the video shows police “ruthlessly beating up people who were
unarmed”, during an airing of the recording to reporters today.
The video showed “clear-cut discrepancies” and the “hypocrisy” of the prime minister and the home minister, Pua continued.
Footage of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak saying on the day of
rally that he had asked police to “guarantee the safety of Malaysians”
and give food and drinks to protesters, was interspersed with scenes of a
water cannon being fired and police attacking a protester.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was also shown saying,
“I am proud of their (police’s)... professionalism” amid the sight of
police violence.
Chaos reigned on the streets of Kuala Lumpur for over four hours
after 3pm on April 28 when police fired tear gas and water cannons, and
chased protesters down the streets of the capital to disperse what had
initially started out as a peaceful protest calling for free and fair
elections.
The Bar Council has said that its observers found that police
brutality at the rally was “magnified” as compared to already-chaotic
scenes during a similar gathering for free and fair elections last July
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