Police in Perak allegedly refused to accept a police report by Orang Asli residents after an assemblyperson allegedly fired a pistol into the air during a dispute with the community.

Lodging a report against the police officers at Bukit Aman today, the complainants said the assemblyperson fired the pistol at their village at Temenggor, Perak.

The assemblyperson was allegedly upset that representatives from opposition parties had visited the community, the complainants said.

The pistol allegedly belongs to the assemblyperson’s bodyguard, the complainants said.

The complainants – Anjang Aluej, Jekeh Senangoh, Mohammad Lokman Jali, Muhamad Ghazali Jali and Ramli Aluej – lodged the report with the police disciplinary division.

“We are unhappy with the Perak police’s conduct. We only wanted to lodge a police report because what the assemblyperson did was criminal.

“Instead, we were threatened and verbally abused by the police,” the complainants said in their report to Bukit Aman today.

They said they tried to lodge reports three times at the Perak police station last week.

They were accompanied by lawyer Shashi Devan who said Bukit Aman assured them that their complaint will be investigated.

Malaysiakini is withholding the name of the assemblyperson and the police station which allegedly refused to take the report, pending their response.