Former Dang Wangi OCPD Mohamad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman could not identify a single police officer accused of police brutality during Bersih 3.0 from 10 videos shown to him, despite checking several times.

NONE “I have held four or five meetings... from the subordinates to the deputy OCPD. Nothing,” Zulkarnain said, adding that he believed this was because the police officers involved were from contingents from the other states.

Further complicating matters, he said, was that police arrived at Dataran Merdeka in stages, with some arriving a day before the rally and some arriving on the morning of the rally on April 28.

Zulkarnain was the district police chief during the pro-clean elections rally, and had testified before the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Malaysian Human Rights Commission’s (Suhakam) public inquiry on the matter on Sept 24.

During his testimony, he was shown 10 video clips of police brutality and he had promised the inquiry panel that he would return with the names of those involved and their officers.

Zulkarnain was recalled to testify today, more than two months later, but he could not provide the evidence required.

I NONE n response, the inquiry panel’s chairperson Khaw Lake Tee ( right ) asked, “So you can’t identify them, there is no name list, and cannot help the panel?”

Zulkarnain retorted that it was not the fact there is no officers name list, but that he could not obtain it.

However, Khaw said that was what she meant all along and as a result, the panel does not have the name list.

“I wanted to explain this. I have done this work and it is disrupting my duties,” he said after the brief argument, sounding indignant.

Zulkarnain, who is now the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspection division, testified for only about five minutes before being allowed to leave.