Teoh Beng Hock group lodges report with Police Conduct Commission

Several members of Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement (TBH-ADA) lodged reports at the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) against the police earlier this morning.

This comes after a scuffle between the group’s members and police outside Parliament’s gates when the former tried to pass a memorandum to MPs on July 15.

The group that lodged the IPCC report at the commission’s office in Putrajaya this morning included TBH-ADA vice-chairperson Kenneth Cheng, members Liau Pin Chun and Wong Voon How, and lawyer Ngeow Chow Ying.

They entered the IPCC’s office at 10.21am and came out at 11.45am. The group also delivered a letter addressed to the commission’s chairperson Zolkopli Dahlan, which was received by one of the organisation’s corporate communications officers, only known as Mohammad.

On July 15 about 10am, during the final leg of TBH-ADA’s Walk of Justice, the police set up a human barrier formation about 100m from Parliament’s gates to prevent protesters from entering the compound.

Tensions flared and a scuffle broke out as the group led by Beng Hock’s sister, Teoh Lee Lan, insisted on submitting their memorandum to MPs, who were attending Parliament at the time.

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had defended the police’s action in the aftermath, saying he believed the measures were taken to ensure public safety.

On July 17, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that he would meet the group’s representatives on Aug 1.

Cops ‘manhandled’ protesters

According to the letter handed to the IPCC signed by TBH-ADA chairperson Ng Yap Hwa and several others, Ng alleged that several participants of the march had been manhandled by the police.

Wong, a signatory, also claimed he was pushed to the ground by an officer carrying the name tag of “Azlan”.

“This is an offence under Section 321, 350, and 351 of the Penal Code for assault and causing injury,” he said.

Liau, on the other hand, alleged that a female officer with the name tag “Amoy” had grabbed her shirt collar and necklace hard, causing suffocation for some time.

“It resulted in my chain snapping and caused ligature marks on the neck area,” she claimed.

Meanwhile, Lee Lan corroborated Liau’s allegations, saying she fell to the ground as Liau was holding onto her hand during the commotion with Amoy.

Speaking at a press conference later, Cheng expressed his appreciation to the Home Ministry and IPPC for cooperating with them.

“We hope IPCC will take further action and will await the investigation results.

“In addition, we have also submitted both photographs and videos as evidence to support our claims,” he added.

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