After the incidents of alleged police violence against motorcyclists in Tangkak and Balik Pulau sparked outcry, more motorcyclists have come forward with similar allegations against the men in blue.

According to a report in today’s China Press , a 16-year-old motorcyclist from Muar, Johor, claimed that a policeman kicked his motorcycle, causing injuries to him. However, two months after he lodged a complaint with the police, there has been no reply.

Gan Tze Shan, together with his parents and a friend, who is the eyewitness of the incident, called a press conference in Muar yesterday on the matter.

The incident happened on the night of Dec 31 last year when Gan and his friend were returning home from Dataran Ledang on their motorcycles, said Gan’s father.

“When they passed by the small road where the National Registration Department is located, suddenly a man waved to him and instructed him to stop.”

However, Gan did not stop because the man was in plainclothes, he said.

“Suddenly, the man kicked Gan’s motorcycle. He fell down and could not move because his left leg was under the motorcycle. The man not only did not help but kicked his back and removed the motorcycle’s key.”

Another policeman then scolded him for not stopping and brought him to the police station. However, he was released soon after as the police failed to find any fault, claimed the father.

NONE The father then brought Gan, who suffered injuries on his left leg, hands and back, to lodge a police report against the policemen.

During the past two months, the police had recorded three statements from Gan, and his father had called the police more than 10 times to query about the outcome of the investigation, but the only reply was that the investigation was still under way.

The father questioned whether the police will only take action when they are pressured through media reports.

“We trusted the police but they have disappointed us,” he was quoted as saying.

The Chinese daily tried to contact the investigating officer, but to no avail.

Similar incidents in Tangkak and Balik Pulau

Over the weekend, a similar incident at Tangkak, Johor, sparked a public uproar in cyberspace when photographs of a policeman, who was alleged to have kicked a motorcycle at a roadblock causing severe injuries to a 14-year-old motorcyclist, went viral on online social media.

The Johor police had set up a special unit to probe the incident.

However, according to China Press, the policeman is still carrying out his duties as usual.

Ledang OCPD Harun Idris told reporters that no action will be taken before police conclude the investigation.

During the same weekend, at Balik Pulau, Penang, more than 100 villagers reportedly swarmed the Teluk Bahang police station to protest over alleged misconduct by two policemen handling the Mat Rempit menace.

It was reported that villagers threw stones and sticks at the station on Sunday night, following allegations that the police officers had earlier hurled helmets at a group of teenagers involved in illegal racing.

Five of them reportedly fell from their machines and one of them was warded in a hospital.

Yesterday, Penang police chief  Ayub Yaakob said the police were investigating the case and the lance-corporal involved in the incident had been transferred to another unit.

“Police view the matter seriously. We have no intention of covering up the case from the public. Anyone found guilty will be punished.

“Therefore, we urge those with information to assist us in the investigation,” he was quoted as saying by national news agency Bernama .

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