The appointment of former inspector-general of police Hanif Omar to head the independent panel to probe incidents of violence during the Bersih 3.0 rally has raised deep public concerns that the investigation will either be a whitewash of police brutality on peaceful demonstrators, a massive cover-up of the sufferings of the victims or a pretext to justify BN's wild lies that Bersih 3.0 was a coup d'état attempt.