The police allegedly manhandled media personnel while they were attempting to record incidents of alleged brutality.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Police have been accused of manhandling and assaulting media
personnel during the Bersih 3.0 rally today, with several reports of
mainly videographers and photographers being arrested while attempting
to record incidents of alleged brutality.
Among those arrested is Malaysiakini photojournalist Koh Jun Lin. “My
camera and memory card have been confiscated. They said they wanted
them as evidence,” the newsportal had quoted Koh as saying.
Malaysiakini also reported that one photographer was ordered to
delete photographs of a melee, but when he refused, a policeman removed
his memory card and destroyed it.
FMT learnt that one Nanyang photographer was pushed but managed not
to fall over, while a Guang Ming Daily photographer was nabbed while
taking photographs of an alleged police assault.
It was also reported that a Channel News Asia video cameraman Kenny Lew was punched.
A Merdeka Review photographer also claimed she was assaulted by four
police personnel who attempted to seize her camera and mobile phone.
“They pulled my media accreditation card and kicked it to a side.
They then demanded that I leave or face arrest,” reported Malaysiakini.
Al Jazeera journalist Harry Fawcett was also allegedly attacked by
police, and the news agency’s camera was also allegedly damaged.
Meanwhile, this reporter was also warned numerous times by police
today to stop taking photographs. Many policemen said: “Tak boleh ambik
gambar” (cannot take pictures), without explaining why.
In one incident, this reporter was shoved aside while trying to take a
video of a policeman who was kicking and hitting a protester.M
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