A female participant in the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 claims that police fired a tear gas canister at her from about 10 metres away.

Pang Choy Wan, 27, said the incident took place on Jalan Yap Ah Loy while she was attempting to disperse from the rally.

“The distance between me and the police was just about 10 metres,” said Pang when met after she had lodged a report at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters.

NONE She said the canister landed on her left thigh, causing a huge bruise.

“My mother had to hold me up because I could not walk after being shot. The bruise took a week to heal,” she said.

Pang added than at the time, there were elderly people within the vicinity who were trying to escape.

Another individual who lodged a police report at the same police station, Abdul Razib Abu, 45, said he was assaulted by eight to 10 police personnel on the same day.

Razib said the incident took place as he passed the Dang Wangi district police headquarters on a motorcycle, on the way home.

NONE “They attacked me simultaneously. One of the police personnel, who I believe is a sergeant, held me while the others took turns to hit me from behind,” said Razib ( right ).

He said the assault took place while he was still seated on the motorcycle and that his bag was searched while his motorcycle side-mirror was damaged.

Pang and Razib were accompanied to the police station by Bersih steering committee member Maria Chin Abdullah and lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri.

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