PAS MP for Kuala Kedah, Mohamad Sabu, today told the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) inquiry that he was assaulted with a rotan by riot police during a reformasi gathering early last month.

"I was hit with a rotan with such force that my comb broke. I still have some marks on my body," he told the three-member panel of the inquiry.

The inquiry, headed by former chief judge of Malaya Anuar Zainal Abidin, is investigating into the alleged incidences of police brutality on members of the public at a gathering at the Kesas highway on Nov 5.

Mohamad Sabu, whom the police had codenamed Tango, also said that he saw riot police firing teargas into a crowd gathered at the Kampung Batu 6 exit of the Kesas highway on that day.

"There were women and children in the crowd," he added.

The MP added that he witnessed a riot policeman pull off the head scarf of a woman and kicked her violently.

[Full report to follow]