Category: Police Brutality

Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Seremban on Friday, 28.9.1984:

Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

I have today written to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Musa Hitam, calling for thorough top-level investigation into allegations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers. Continue reading Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

DAP calls on IGP to direct to all police investigations into complaints against police brutality and atrocities should be completed within one month to gain public confidence that the police would be objective arid impartial in cases.

by Par1iamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary—General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 19th August l983:

DAP calls on IGP to direct to all police investigations into complaints against police brutality and atrocities should be completed within one month to gain public confidence that the police would be objective arid impartial in cases.

At the recently—concluded Parliamentary meeting, I had tabled an oral question to ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, the result of police investigations into the police shooting incident in Batu Pahat on 15th May 1983 where a fisherman, Gan Kim Guan, 19, was killed when on a motor—cycle carrying a pillion at about 3.50 a.m. after a night’s vigil at a funeral parlour for a friend’s father who passed away. Continue reading DAP calls on IGP to direct to all police investigations into complaints against police brutality and atrocities should be completed within one month to gain public confidence that the police would be objective arid impartial in cases.

The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam

Democratic Action Party Malaysia

Press Release 17.5.1983

The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, in connection with the shooting incident in Batu Pahat on 15th May 1983, where a fisherman was killed and a woman injured:

“ YAB Datuk Musa Hitam,
Acting Prime Minister
and Minister of Home Affairs,
Jalan Datuk Onn,
Kuala Lumpur. Continue reading The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam

Malaysian police must be trained differently where they do not fear crowds, and where in crowds controls, ‘accidental or panic shooting’ do not exist in the police dictionary

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, 24.11.1982 on the Ministry of Home Affairs during the 1983 Budget Committee Stage debate the cut $10 from the allocations for the Malaysian police

Malaysian police must be trained differently where they do not fear crowds, and where in crowds controls, ‘accidental or panic shooting’ do not exist in the police dictionary

On 29th October 1982, a resident of Thean Teik Estate in Penang, Madam Tan Siew Lee, 33, was killed when shot in the neck by police in a scuffle between about 100 Thean Teik Estate residents and workers of the developers of Thean Teik Estate, Perumahan Farlim, who wanted to demolish the chicken coops of one of the residents. Another resident, Chuah Teow Huat, who was standing far off from the scene of the scuffle, was shot in the left hip by the police. Continue reading Malaysian police must be trained differently where they do not fear crowds, and where in crowds controls, ‘accidental or panic shooting’ do not exist in the police dictionary

DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, issued on Friday, 27th November l98l

DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

The Kota Bharu statement by the Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, that certain groups were magnifying the issue of police brutality for their own political and self-interest is most regrettable and deplorable. Continue reading DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

Call on Inspector-General of Police, to direct that swift action should be taken in all complaints against abuse of power by police personnel to ensure public confidence.

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 18th Sept. 1981:

Call on Inspector-General of Police, to direct that swift action should be taken in all complaints against abuse of power by police personnel to ensure public confidence.

In a recent series of press interviews, the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, has urged members of the public to come forward in cases of abuse of power by the police, and even offered protection to members of the public who fear reprisals for reporting cases of misuse of powers by policement. Continue reading Call on Inspector-General of Police, to direct that swift action should be taken in all complaints against abuse of power by police personnel to ensure public confidence.

Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Thursday, September 4, 1980:

Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar

I welcome the statement by Chief Public Relation Officer at the Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur, Supt. Abdul Rahim bin Haji Hamid, that the Police would take action against a detective and two constable if allegation that they assault a 20-year-old girl, Hau Seok Chin, in Bakri New Village, Muar, Johore, August 26 are true. This was reported in the National Echo today. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar