Rally video 'a boon for police'

by **hlk** Mon 25 Jul 2011, 07:44

AYER KEROH: The credibility of the Bersih 2.0 video released by
police cannot be questioned, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Yassin said yesterday.
He said the video, which was screened to 200 members of the media
and the public on Friday, answered many of the questions raised by the
opposition regarding the behaviour of policemen during the illegal
rally on July 9.

"(The public) cannot be sceptical of what the
authorities release to the public, and yet believe in the accusations
made by the alternative media."

He said this after launching the National Crime Prevention Month 2011 campaign here.

He said the video proved that some opposition leaders, such as Pas
deputy president Mohamad Sabu, had been untruthful about injuries he had
incurred that day.

"He (Mat Sabu) said police tried to hurt him, but we know now that they were not true."

He said Mat Sabu, who had threatened to sue the police after
allegedly being hit by a police car during the rally, was free to do so.

Muhyiddin lambasted the opposition for taking advantage of the death
of rally participant Baharuddin Ahmad by claiming he had died after
being beaten by police.

"I believe it's wrong to take advantage
of someone's death, especially as all the evidence, including the
post-mortem results, shows that he (Baharuddin) died as a result of a
heart attack and not because he was abused by police."

He said policemen would not have acted thoughtlessly as they knew many people were watching them.

He said the video should be televised so people could judge the truth for themselves.

Muhyiddin said: "This is not about politics. We simply do not want people to be taken in by lies and allegations."

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said police had given
copies of the video to Radio Televisyen Malaysia and TV3.

"It is up to the networks to decide when to broadcast the video."

Present at the launch were Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali
Rustam, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, Malaysia Crime
Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye and Deputy
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar.