The police have issued a stern warning against those who have made false claims in police reports related to the July 9 Bersih rally.

In a statement posted on their official Facebook fan page, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) deputy director Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani says police will not hesitate to propose action under Section 182 of Penal Code for those reporting false information.

The warning comes in the face of allegations that the police were brutal in their treatment of rally participants, as some people have claimed to have been roughed up during their arrest.

NONE Section 182 of the Penal Code states: "Whoever gives to any public servant any information orally or in writing which he knows or believes to be false, intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, such public servant to use the lawful power of such public servant to the injury or annoyance of any person, or to do or omit anything which such public servant ought not to do or omit if the true state of facts respecting which such information is given were known by him, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand ringgit or with both."

However, the police have maintained their official line of explanation that they had followed proper procedures and showed their hospitality to the 1,697 people who were arrested on the day of the Bersih rally.

The statement does not state whether any of the police reports lodged on the rally thus far is false.

"All police reports lodged will be investigated professionally and transparently according to the legal provisions.

"The police are in the midst of completing investigations and the investigation papers will be sent to the Attorney-General's Chambers in the near future," Acryl Sani says in the Facebook page.

This includes the claim by PKR vice-president and lawyer N Surendran of an attempt to murder PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was seen marching with supporters through the KL Sentral underpass on July 9.

Acryl Sani said the claim by Anwar's bodyguard Fayyadh Afiq, who sustained a broken cheekbone after being allegedly hit by a tear gas canister that Fayyadh said was aimed at Anwar, was also being probed.

NONE "(We are) also investigating certain parties who are trying to confuse the death of Baharudin Ahmad with that of Suhardi Mat Isa."

Police have screened carefully edited videos to journalists to show that they did not take severe measures against protesters and that they followed procedures in curbing what they repeatedly call an illegal demonstration comprising "not more than" 10,000 protesters.

Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar had earlier claimed that the number of protesters did not exceed 6,000, while Bersih 2.0 organisers say as many as 50,000 people turned up for the July 9 rally.

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