‘Cops beat me, told me to die’
A 20-year-old student claims that he was assaulted and verbally berated after knocking into a policeman’s motorcycle.
(Free Malaysia Today) – “The policemen kept beating me and called me ‘keling’. They also shouted at me, saying I should just die so that they can close the case.”
A 20-year-old student was allegedly beaten up and verbally berated when he knocked into a policeman’s motorcycle at a roadblock in Rembau, Negri Sembilan, during the wee hours of the morning.
After the Monday incident, S Ganesan was also warned against lodging a complaint before he was put into an ambulance and sent to the Tuanku Jaafar Hospital.
However, Ganesan summed up the courage to lodge a report with the Chembong police station on the same day.
In the report, he stated: “I want the authorities to take action against the errant policemen. I don’t understand why they treated me like an animal although I repeatedly apologised for the accident.”
Ganesan said that he fell to the ground when his motorcyle collided with the policeman’s bike, and an officer identified only as Hisham allegedly started raining blows on him.
“Soon, several other officers joined him to beat me up,” he added.
Ganesan claimed that he was kicked in his stomach, arms and back. The policemen, who also used a helmet to assault him, then allegedly tore his shirt, threw him into a drain and stomped on him.
Apart from the beating, the student claimed that the policemen had also hurled racial insults, among others, calling him “keling” (a derogatory term used on Indians).
“They also said I should just die so that they can close the case,” he alleged.
Despite several attempts, FMT failed to reach Negeri Sembilan CID chief ACP Hamdan Majid for comments.
