Received this about 1/2 an hour ago from someone who was right in the thick of things
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A day that saw an incident free day of cycling took a turn at Rawang . We arrived in Rawang at about 4.30pm. We were supposed to meet up with YB ADUN Rawang, Gan Pei Nei at Rawang Jaya . She and her delegation planned to cycle with the JERIT convoy from there to Rawang town.
But a roadblock greeted us at Rawang . As usual the police requested for names and IC of all the cyclist and coordinator. We intervened and told the police that it is not necessary to record names and addresses of all cyclist as we have a list that we can give it to them. After much argument we took back all the IC of the cyclist and gave the coordinators IC to record . Myself ,Sugu, Saras,Rani ,Mohan gave our IC to be recorded . The IC were returned after recording. But my IC changed hands to another officer .
Soon the police received new directions. The bus was to held and myself and the coordinators were asked to come to the balai . Eventhough we managed to get the cyclist to continue to cycle , but they were stopped again further ahead . As the cyclist met up YB Gan Pei Nei group , they were stopped from cycling to town . After some negotiations by Gan Pei Nei , the convoy proceeded into town . They cycled around Rawang town and stopped at a coffee shop for a drink .
Myself ,Sugu and Saras made our way to the balai polis . At the balai , Saras immediately checked on the 7 junior cyclist in the bus that was brought in to the balai . The police were already intimidating the children, asking them questions. Some officers also asked the cyclist if Dr.Kumar had paid them money to participate in the campaign.They harassed the cyclist who were in the bus . Saras and Sugu intervened and chased out the officers from the bus .
I met up with Gan Pei Nei who then arrived at the balai . We went over to see the OCPD , Abdul Rahim . He was asking the same stupid questions ,whether did we get a permit to cycle. He said ,it does not matter if other OCPD have allowed the cyclist , but we supposedly should have seeked his permission in his district .OCPD instructed all the bicyclist to be brought to the balai . We objected and said that we have given all the names and there was no need to have any statements taken .
Later the OCPD instructed statements to be taken from all the 7 cyclist that were already in the bus. He said that he wanted to verify if there were under aged children being abused . I followed them. Informed the officers that they cannot take statement, and we will not give statement . The cyclist will only give their details only .
Soon all the cyclist were already brought in the balai . Dr.Kumar arrived shortly . I and Dr.Kumar met up with the OCPD . He still insisted that he wanted to take statements from all the cyclist. We showed him that we have consent letters from all the parents . We gave the police a copy . After much negotiations ,we agreed poiice to record details of all the cyclist accompanied by us . As this was going on , I was taken by the OCPD to his room . He explained that he still considered that the event was a procession . He confirmed that I will be charged under Section 27 of the police Act’ illegal assembly’. Kumar also had his statements taken later .
At this moment , we were quite sure that all will be released after giving the details to the police . This was when matters took a turn , when the Selangor CPO arrived , Dato Khalid .
Immediately the CPO ,OCPD and other officers went for taklimat. About an hour later the CPO arrogantly came down and announced that all 50 cyclist and all the 15 coordinators will be arrested . We were gathered at the parking lot. They put a yellow tape around us .All those below 18 years old were separated from the seniors .
By this time a crowd of supporters were already swelling outside the balai . A candle light vigil began . Makkal Sakti slogans and songs were sung . There were also PKR , DAP and PAS members .
The police made arrangements for the welfare officers to take the junior cyclist away .They would be then handed ‘safely’ to their parents.
The police went all out to harass us . Edmund Bon , lawyer informed us that the police were going to expel the permit and the driving licences of all the lorry drivers and bas driver. JPJ officials also arrived. They examined the bus , lorry , looking for something to issue summon on .The driving licences and road tax of the lorry and bus were taken away .
As protest outside gathered momentum , a complete battalion of FRU ,Water cannon arrived . The crowd outside carried on chanting and demanding for our release. As they were about to use the water cannon, the rain poured heavily. The police did not use the water cannon .
As rain kept pouring heavily , the car park where all of us who were being detained began flooding . All of us were standing cold in a river of water . We demanded to be shifted out of the parking lot . As usual the police buat tak tahu . Tempers flared . I moved to rip of the yellow police tape and walk out of the parking lot . The rest followed. A fight pursued between us and the police as they were trying to push us back into the parking lot and we were moving out . The officers couldn’t stop us . The Light Strike Force rushed in . They pushed us back with their shield and batons .
The CPO looked and couldn’t do anything . Immediately the police brought all the cyclist below 18 years of age into a dry place at the balai meeting room upstairs .
As this was happening , we were also amazed at the 300 0ver crowd outside that stood in the heavy rain and did not budge . FRU cordoned the police station entrance . The welfare officers couldn’t find a place to take the junior cyclist , thus they stayed at the meeting room . The junior cyclist told the police they refuse being brought away by the welfare officers and they rather remain arrested with the others
At about 2 am , I and Kumar were given the bail sheets . Soon the rest were being taken details and issued bail sheets . Some comrades spent the nite with the junior cyclist at the balai meeting room .
At about 3.30 am all walked out of the balai polis Rawang . It was a eventful nite .
kkitsam
December 16, 2008
First CANNOT GATHER AT OPEN AREA, NOW CANNOT CYCLE, NEXT ??? The police is acting way above their power, acting as if they are the king which nobody can question them. This is just toooo much to take, but whatever it is, it’s always going to be a BAD image on BN, don’t blame the blogs if you all BN LOST EVEN HEAVIER NEXT ELECTION.
Edi神
December 16, 2008
fight fight fight….
we must teach UMN0 what is right!
fight fight fight!
Jeffrey Yong
December 16, 2008
i find this harassment rather disturbing. rather than patrolling the streets to make it safer for the rakyat.i find our PDRM personnel engaging in non productive work.
do they really think these young heroes will create unrest to the general public? they are trying to highlight issues that are currently bugging our beloved country ( yes this country belongs to all of us..no one can take this claim from us )
please let common sense prevail..police personnel do ur job and help our beloved country a lot more safer..i’m sure there are also level headed police out there..plse help us to help yourselves.
Markky
December 16, 2008
Gestapo DiRaja Malaysia is a new name for our police force who now seem more interested in fighting courageous citizens than fighting criminals that make our street so unsafe.
Paul Warren
December 16, 2008
Malayisan HEROs…Certainly they are ….our POLICE DI RAJA MALASYAI…
Having no opportunity to do a Hang Tuah this is an example of Malaysian Heroism.
That is what Malaysians will become becuase at best our Malaysian Police can only deal with a bunch of cyclists who are trying to cycle.
Unless maybe they are afraid that this is reminiscent of the last time this country was run over by a bunch of cyclists who rode in from Tumpat/Kota Baru!! Remember the Japanese???…Oh well, maybe the police have every right ot fear then!!
Chan Ching
December 16, 2008
Is stupid of the police or the govt not to allow such thing! by denying the cycling and the rubbish excuses given by the police makes me suck!!!!
Malaysianfirst
December 16, 2008
Anyone has any more doubts about the fact that many of the police top brass are merely henchmen of of the racist UMNO/BN? I think not.
People, we need to get involved to change this and many such draconian acts by the police. My salute to all those who gathered around the Jerit cyclists to give them support.
The police should be serving the people and they should in fact be protecting the Jerit cyclists to show that Malaysian is a true democracy where anyone can express their non-violent views.
Hullo there MIC/MCA/Gerakan/PPP nothing to say ah. I thought you want to be more vocal now after the March 8 knock on your heads. Still don’t get it is it.
Whats the point of all this MACC, Judicial Commission etc etc when the police behaviour here is a good example how biased civil servants can literally walk over all the so called counter checking committees or sub committees etc etc. These fellas have no basic human decency.
This is what happens when we don’t have a proper IPCMC.
I guess you can read that I am pretty angry with whats happening here.
By the way since we are all for the way Hong Kong does things whether it be on corruption or hill slopes, do the Hong Kong police arrest young cyclists trying to make a non violent statement which is in fact favours all humans. I think not.
Down with racist policies, racist politicians and race based political parties.
alvin 5
December 16, 2008
PURE HARASSMENT OF THE WORST KIND
The more they frustrate
the stronger is the power of the rakyat.
This Just Adds to the stupidity of the police and those who commands them.
sanjiun
December 16, 2008
They did this coz they wanted to stop them from going to parliament.
Cannot gather in open area…
Cannot light candle…
Cannot pray for THE FIVE…
Cannot cycle…
Shame on you! Polis DiRaja Malaysia!
Mak Kecik
December 16, 2008
Salam,
Care to experiment? Next stop, Kuala Trengganu 6-17 Jan.
foodforthought
December 16, 2008
As I read this the my hair started to stand. THIS IS UTTERLY DISGUSTING!!!! See you all at Parliament on Thursday.
Helen Ang
December 16, 2008
Haris,
I’d read the same account as above earlier today in Nat Tan’s blog. He titled his posting: ‘First hand account of cyclist’s arrests detail systematic harassment and cruelty by police’.
‘systematic harassment and cruelty’ is, I believe, more apt/accurate than the word ‘torture’ you’ve used in your headline.
Please try to stay on an even keel, okay?
sampalee
December 16, 2008
This is definately the death knell for umno.Tuhan akan champor tangan.Tuhan lift our fear of umno dogs and free us from this branch of oppression.Soldier on and the 300 crowd will snowballed into 300,000 people’s avalanche.The script of God is sealed.We await for the cosmic movie to unfold and we in the frontline acting out God’s will.
Mindmatter
December 16, 2008
The police is abusing normal rakyat – both children and adults instead of putting blame on rakyat. without the police none of these would have happen in the first place. Just plain big bully of rakyat but still a dog to politicians.
Wonder why we pay their salary.A complete nuisance to the public.This nation has no end to stupidity. Shame.
Meng
December 16, 2008
Well infact the Police are fedup with the present government dominated by the corrupted umno and they the Police cannot do anything. So the best way for them is to shift the ppls loyalty from BN to Pakatan. As such police brutality must come into play and the ppl will blame BN for it.
We should be thankful to the police helping in the reduction of voters loyalty towards BN
Littlebird
December 16, 2008
Ahhh…maybe the police would have wanted them be mat rempits..but then they probably make exemption for those under UMNO youth escort.
splim
December 16, 2008
Haris,
When are we going to take action against the Selangor CPO? First the PJ Candle Vigil, then Bkt Antarabangsa and now this. There is a limit to the nonsense that one can stand.
splim,
Working on it even as I approve this comment
Simon Khoo
December 16, 2008
OMG.. I’m alarmed, greatly alarmed… what on earth..what!!! aaarrh.. I’m so.. so.. so.. utterly outrage, utterly angry…utterly aaaarrhaaa….yet at the same time I feel so sad..Oh! so..so.. sad, what fellow M’sians had to endure. The non umnoputras citizens are treated like slaves & collies in their own country. The PDRM has acted beyond its mandate. PDRM now is the enforcer for the Umnoputras and the rakyat is the enemy. I cry for you Malaysia, I cry for you Malaysia, I cry for you Malaysia.
The Rakyat will prevail, we can, we can, we can. We will get rid of the Umnoputras oppressors in the next GE. We need to get the message out to the Malays folks (majority race), a vote for Umno is a vote to enslave yourselves. To the MCA, MIC, Gerakan, PPP voters go shoot yourselves, scumbags.
I’m sorry..I’ve broken down..tears, copious tears.. flows like the torrent Pahang river.
My thoughts are with all the Jerit cyclists & everyone who share a dream, a dream for a better Malaysia for all. Anak Bangsa Malaysia.
yapsir
December 16, 2008
my heart pained as I read the report and the youtube.
Never expect the police to do good as they always follow arahan dari atas.The atas also follow the arahan from the atas atas!
But my heart goes the to Jerit,Thank You for standing up for our children for the furure-a better Malaysia.
Thank You Jerit!Brave Jerit!
God Bless all of you.
cruzeiro
December 16, 2008
Damn these goons!
Anyway, I think Khalid is unnerved, and is beginning to show his incompetence through his nutty statements and irrational decisions.
Should the pressure build up, I certain they will resort to muscle power on peaceful and unarmed citizens to show what they define as “efficiency”. I wouldn’t be surprised if he makes a reappearance at PJ one of these days by cancelling the permit that has been granted, just to provoke unrest.
Meanwhile, the big guy is keeping very silent in his low-profile, while his running dogs do the dirty job.
cruzeiro
December 16, 2008
BTW, My hats off to you brave cyclists and citizens who stood by JERIT!
Kayel
December 16, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen, please check your spelling, it is
POLIS RAJA DI MALAYSIA
No wonder our Bahasa Melayu standard is dropping.
aiseh….
Fair
December 16, 2008
No kidding , it is an offense now to be riding a bicycle?
Ben
December 16, 2008
Bro, we continue to pray for you and the JERIT family. No wonder we are still wondering what is MB Khalid doing about this. Please show us that you are in control. DSAI may be quiet or confused but you are the MB Khalid voted in by the people. Take charge, your voters are suffering. Stop this atrocities against humanity!
joric
December 16, 2008
I blamed the government most of all, the PRDM are just therr goons. Even if we were to take the CPO down, they will replaced him with another lap dog! We need a change of government.
Frank
December 16, 2008
Only a few juniors and the mighty men, the police had felt their balls cringed into the stomach and had to count on the riot police to manhandle you fellows, bravo to yours bravery and bold movement without fear!
What kind of cheapo CPO we have to waste our taxpayers’ monies by not doing his duty to act on the crimes, instead, putting up such a total abuse and infringement of human rights by torturing and humiliating a drove of law abiding freedom fighters, by allowing innocent people to be exposed to the rain showers without a sense of mercy, are they animals or the brutal head-hunter barbarians?!
What kind of democracy and justice is this? Is our Nation still better advance than Thailand and Mymmar or are we as backward and more worse than Taliban?!
The more the suppression, the greater will be the rebound and as long as we are concerned, we are the comrades, we are sharing the same fighting spirit with you comrades, we must continue to fight until a new Malaysia is reincarnated! Kudos…..!
Mano
December 16, 2008
Can someone please tell the Selangor CPO to go get those under age children loitering in snooker centres,gambling dens etc and find out if there is any parental consent given. Heh man, this one cycling only lah. When did he become so concerned about children. If true,beat the crime rate firstlah and make it safe for everybody.
drago2008
December 16, 2008
The police behaviour is an outrage. Somebody at the top who directed these goons to act the way they did will have to pay eventually. Civil liberty is at stake if the police continue to get away with this ill-conceived stunt.
aaa
December 16, 2008
gestapo, job well done.
oops, i forgot this aint Nazi era. No wonder, they fear IPCMC.
wickwax
December 16, 2008
Elected people, please speak up or GET OUT in the next GE. You guys are getting all comfy in Parliament!! Ask questions. Make inquiry.
gooeyglobs
December 16, 2008
First of all I salute the young cyclists for not being AFRAID. I salute their parents too who have given them the blessing to participate. The crowd could have been bigger if the others were told about it. Thank you supporters for given them the needed support. To you all Human Rights lawyers the rakyat thank you for what you have done.
It is good for the Polis Raja Di Malaysia to act on 09 Nov on those present at the candle light vigil and yesterday on JERIT. WHY? Simple! They help to make more and more Malaysians angrier and want to get rid of UMNO and BN the soonest the better. Thank you Polis Raja Di Malaysia.
I love it when you polis have nothing better to do but to bully the rakyat. Thank you, thank you, thank and very much.
resident.wangsamaju
December 16, 2008
Agreed. Polis Raja Di Malaysia.
zewt
December 17, 2008
i was going to say “unbelievable” until i recall the country i live in.
jaycee
December 17, 2008
Oh and I thought I had wanted to meet them. Next time give good clear details. And we can have a better force – more people to stand together – with JERIT cyclists or whoever will stand for a good government and not he lawless ones as is evidenced by the treatment the police give our young people etc.
Bunch of crooks. But then the biggest one is hiding up there “atasan”. Only the small fry honchos doing his bidding.
carmanio
December 17, 2008
bro haris
i) hail!! hail!! the brave brothers & sisters of jerit & co.
ii)fcuk that khalid cpo. fcuk him hard. he falls, his kuncu-kuncus will flee like headless chickens.
iii) let anwar&gang take care of that fcuker igp. this fcuker falls, many (corrupted fcukers) will flee too.
iv) i hope more lawyers will be at hand to assist when needed.
v) pakatan has 80plus mps. now is DIFFERENT from then. we FIGHT ’em! let’s end BN once and for all!
i thank u on behalf of all malaysians. for those who are still ‘blind, deaf and dumb’, i speak for them too.
carmanio.
Oliver
December 17, 2008
I fully support the JERIT movement and sympathise with the detainees.
I’m sorry, but where in all this were you tortured?
vishie
December 17, 2008
dear haris,
your courage in the face of official harassment is duly applauded. to the children, thank you for standing up to your rights. forsaking the disney channel to highlight an official wrong is most noble. god bless your sincere endeavours. for tyranny has no rewards which they will learn soon. sincere gratitudes abound
lucia
December 17, 2008
i believe haris’s use of the heading in regards to ‘tortured’ was taken direct from the jerit website.
how many times had this khalid lied already eh? someone should keep a tab with proof and present it to him right in the face!
siew eng
December 17, 2008
T-shirt campaign!
The Free RPK one was a huge success.
anna brella
December 17, 2008
This is for anyone out there for whom the proverbial penny has still not dropped, or as Haris has been known to say on occasions here, for those into ostrich-stancing:
The Rakyat’s social-contract-based civil liberties were all legislated away from 1970 onwards with the UMNO-BN bad-law sledgehammer and then beaten down, tied up and then killed off and burned to a cinder at that stake in 1988 by…er…you know who-lah.
But maybe like the mythical phoenix of folklore, mythical Malaysian civil liberties too will one day rise up again from the ashes of destruction and stand to be counted once more, activly resurrected from death by the smart non-violent actions of brave and caring aaBM like these cycling Jerits.
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
Hornet
December 17, 2008
The bloody police has got nothing else better to do than to find ways and means to arrest and torture these innocent cyclists when in fact there are shortage of police in the police force. Can’t they use their bloody time wisely to catch real criminals, rapist and all. We must not let these idiots frighten us by roadblocks & harassing us, in fact fight them when we have facts and fight them when we know we are right. They think they are police they have upper hands in everything they think is right, hell with them. Shit that Syed Halba, shit that S’gor CPO Khalid!!! Tell them they are our servants, we pay income tax, we are the master.
I salute you Harris Ibrahim and RPK & Gang for all the good works u all have been striving hard to bring Malaysia a better place to live for of us and our generations to come.
God bless you all.
Hornet
December 17, 2008
BTW, now even Thailand has appointed a new PM from the opposition, what say you UMNO @ BN? American has Obama, what say you UMNO@ BN?? They have damn qualified leaders who have brains and not someone who can only talk cock & what a disgrace this country has…..leaders who do not have substance and speak thru their assholes . God save this beautiful country minus all those morons up in the Malaysian cabinet!!!
Taikohtai
December 17, 2008
Mat Rempits running wild okay but patriots on bikes a big NO NO?
The bully boys in blue are simply the mirror image of the BN politicians.
BN, do carry on your nefarious ways and the rakyat will gladly show you the EXIT come next GE.
Hope the cyclists will be making KT a MUST destination!
devilsadvocate
December 17, 2008
Saw the video on MKini. The damn CPO is a wimp. The freaking police got so much time in their hands that they can afford to waste time with a few underaged cyclists.
Then went to charge parents with neglect – child abuse.
The freaking thieves, robbers, rapists and etc must be having a real good time, perhaps laughing at Khalid’s antics. IF anything Khalid has proven himself to be moronic beyond redemption.
I think even the Gods have given up on us.
roy
December 17, 2008
Looks like the PDRM is trying their luck in scaring the cyclist and the public by putting on a show. Well done.Wonder how the people of Rawang will vote after witnessing this event? Jerit should go to every town in Malaysia and create awareness of police harassment. Syabas!
Cheers
BELINDA TEE
December 17, 2008
Angry, angry, angry.. police is just like “gangster” with license.
Paul Warren
December 17, 2008
I think there is a conspiracy to destroy this country’s security apparatus. And how better to do that than to kill the spirit of those men in uniform who carry out all these henious tasks?
Surely among them there are good men and women who know in the depths of their hearts the nature of what it is they are doing. They know how they are used as instruments of cruelty and injustice.
This is why one of these days when they are most needed, they might just walk away, as enough becomes enough.
Alright, we all can see that the men in blue are just obeying orders. That the orders are insane may take a little while longer to begin to take effect on them. But effet it eventually will.
Even Selangor CPO Datuk Khalid must be taking orders from soemone. But at his professional level he is expected to know for himself the illegality of what they are doing.
Question to ask is how is he compromised and/or beholden so that he can order his men to do these things?
Open sky
December 17, 2008
Police RAJA Di Malaysia – is really taking up the name of Raja in vain. If I were the Raja I would be hopping mad at the abuse, the raw display of unbridled power, the intimidation and the total disrespect for the law and order that they had sworned to upheld.
The JERIT members have a case in the court of law against them. Those involved could sue SPECIFIC OFFICERS involved.
foodforthought
December 17, 2008
The police knew these are all young people cycling for a good cause but instead of assisting, they choose to harass them all the way from one end of the country to the other. The torture here is psychological.
samco
December 17, 2008
..macam ni lah .. since the police “did not know what to do” … we better tell them what to do – JUST LET THEM THRU TO THE PARLIAMENT … and thats it !
truth
December 17, 2008
I see evidence of detention…where is the evidence of torture?…or did I miss something in this post?
sam
December 17, 2008
More than 800,000 children die each year from burns, car crashes, falls, drowning, poisoning and other accidents, according to a UN report recently.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7776127.stm
Millions more suffer injuries that leave them disabled for life, said the joint report by two UN agencies, Unicef and the World Health Organization.
Most accidents happen in developing countries, with the problem most severe in Africa and South-East Asia.
So, we know the police are bad ppl, so is umno and bn…but what about those adults/parents that allow children to risk torture when they know quite well the risks involved given the fact that we all know the pdrm, umno and bn are bad ppl…
who else need a slap here?
Parli-Man
December 17, 2008
The govt and the police are shameless creatures !
Futurist
December 17, 2008
Trying to look for something wrong to cancel the permits. Then why have compulsory checks at Puspakom?
Instead of being a neutral body, the police are beholden to the powers.
foodforthought
December 17, 2008
Lets hear it from the horses mouth:
matkasim
December 17, 2008
I wonder why this CPO showed off his idiot so many times?…Khalid bodoh…bangang..bahalol…hamprak…sial..nak mampos….
I think those words are very suitable to put on his head.
storm62
December 17, 2008
for goodness sake, please remove the “DiRaja” from PDRM and just name them Polis Malaysial…refrain from using “DiRaja” it’s an insult to the Raja2s.
Nyonya Khan
December 18, 2008
Kesian polis tau! kena belasah dengan mat rempit dulu! Sekarang sampai budak2 basikal buat mereka mengelabah pulak. Kesian tau! dekat chowkit pun dah tak boleh terlena..!
kisnyg
December 18, 2008
lawlessness has dawned on Malaysia, let us arise and fight against the ‘dark forces’, the battle is on and I’m with the truth… are you?
ttc
December 19, 2008
Sam you asked: 🙂 Who else need a slap here?
My short answer: Not into slaps btw but if you did want to slap anyone else, 🙂 suggest it be the AG, SHA and IGP.
WE SAY YEAH! 🙂 & NO TO ISA! AND HARIS FOR AG & RPK FOR IGP! AND KIND WAN AZIZAH FOR HOME MINISTER!
P.S.Protect Your Sanity & Health & Safety & Economic Wealth! BAN SHA & UMNO-BN NOW INSTEAD OF GOOD HINDRAF!