I never knew that jumping a red light in Malaysia would mean getting arrested and killed by the police. But then again, the police are so "nice" in covering their sorry arses by saying that the victim had a heart failure and etc. Why are police using brute force on citizens? Do they even really know how to do their job properly?
Seeing the article " Killed for jumping a red light? " (Clickable link) found in FMT and then the video interview found in youtube that apparently is going viral in facebook really brings and sparks anger..... I would love to see justice served, especially for the poor victims´family.... but then again, will justice really be served as the people who are wrong are the people who have the "most power" in the country?
One can only pray for the better of the country
Killed for jumping a red light?
Another case of unnecessary police violence, says Puchong MP Gobind.
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KUALA LUMPUR: An alleged traffic offender died last week after he was arrested and manhandled by four police officers in Medan Imbi, Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo told a press conference today.
Gobind said the assault occurred at a restaurant and he had seen a video recording of it that was shot by a patron.
A report in China Press quoted police sources as saying that the victim, 53-year-old Chong Foo Ming, was foaming at the mouth after he was restrained and handcuffed. The report said police tried to flag him down after he had beaten a red light, but he sped off.
Gobind condemned the police action, saying the violence was unnecessary.
“Mr Chong was roughened up by a group of police officers,” he said. “After he was handcuffed, he was forced to lay down facing the ground . And then one of the police officers sat on top of him.
“If he had beaten a red light, why the need to apprehend him in that way?”
It is learnt that the policemen contacted an ambulance after noticing that Chong was foaming at the mouth. But he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
Gobind said police had used excessive force and called for a thorough investigation.
Initial police reports said Chong died of a heart failure, but according to his daughter Doriss, the hospital found no heart complications or internal injuries.
“We demand an answer from the police,” Gobind said. “This victim was a very healthy man. This is confirmed by the hospital. The police cannot expect the family to sit back doing nothing. An explanation is needed.”
He said he would write to the Inspector General of Police today.
Gobind acknowledged that the cause of death was still uncertain.
“We are waiting for the chemist’s report,” he said. “First they claimed it was a heart attack, which was wrong. There was nothing wrong with the victim’s heart. We are waiting for a second opinion before we can confirm the cause of death.”
Distraught daughter
Doriss Chong said the officer in charge of the investigation initially told her that her father had been involved in an accident.
She said she learned about his alleged beating only when she went to the restaurant to retrieve his wallet. A witness told her that one of the policemen sat on Chong’s back for 30 minutes.
“The police called and said it was an accident,” Doriss told the press conference. “But later I was told that my father was arrested. When I asked for the reason for arrest, they refused to let me know.”
She said her father was a friendly man and an active member of RELA as well as the Puchong Security Association.
“He was very active in RELA. Everyone in Puchong knows him because he was a cheerful and kind hearted man. All I want is for this matter to be investigated, and I hope that justice will prevail.”
historical rewrites. Sometimes the movie capital falls victim to revisionism, where history is rewritten to be politically correct; sometimes they just alter the facts to make for a more dramatic story.
ascending the throne two years previously. He was the last autocratic ruler left in Europe, a continent still dominated by Kings and Emperors. Only two European countries at the dawn of the twentieth century were republics, France and Switzerland. A number of others had tried republicanism at different times but had all gone back to the monarchical system. Europe at this point in time was the most powerful continent in the world. Europeans and people of European descent dominated the globe. The Czar of Russia alone ruled over one sixth of the world’s land surface. Only the British Empire was bigger, but the Russian Empire was one continuous solid land mass.
Other less powerful dictators came to power elsewhere in Europe, including Mussolini in Italy. All of these dictators only proved the wisdom of King Solomon’s words in Eccl. 10:16-17. "Woe to you O land, when your king is a slave" (somebody from the bottom of society suddenly elevated to great power).
Russia is in chaos. Nobody has been able to bring it the stability that it enjoyed under the Czars. Communist rule was stable but at a great human price. Reports keep surfacing (the latest in this week’s USN&WR, 12/15/97) that Yeltsin may still restore the dynasty, setting up a constitutional form of government comparable with the British system. Conveniently, the new heir to the Romanov throne is a teenage boy, who could only rule with the help of a Regent (Yeltsin?).
