JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT (8 July 2014)
BERSIH 2.0, SUARAM reiterate call for IPCMC in wake of violence to peaceful protesters
The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) are shocked at the police’s violent response to the Himpunan Hijau protesters at the Lynas plant in Kuantan on 22 June 2014.
This
incident raises yet again the question whether recommendations for the police by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) on the standard operating procedure (SOP) for public demonstrations will ever be implemented. Recent rallies, especially the Anti-GST May Day protest, had given us hope that the police were capable of changing and stepping up… More