1. POLICE ASSAULT AND BRUTALITY ON MY BROTHER

Thiyarajan A/L Ratnam Nric no. 6082614 was arrested and assaulted by the police. Due to the serious assault, he was unconscious. Medical officer said that he was suffering from head and chest injuries and he was in serious condition. He may be recover or otherwise.

2. INJURED IN POLICE CUSTODY CLAIM MAN UNCONSCIOUS SINCE BEING HELD

The family of a 32 year old labourer from Raub, Pahang now warded at he Kuala Lumpur General Hospital is perplexed as to how he came to be seriously injured while in police custody. Thiyaharajan Ratnam was believed to have been unconscious for about 20 days when he blinked his eyes.

3. MAN RECUPERATING

Labourer Thiyaharajan Ratnam who was injured while in police custody was recuperating at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital after regaining consciousness. His family members had claimed that someone informed them of Thiyaharajan being arrested and fell unconscious after being beaten up.

4. POLICEMEN BELTED ME, YOUTH TELLS COURT

Petaling Jaya - One of the three youths tentatively charged with causing he death of a waiter and a cashier tow years ago, told a magistrate's court that he was beaten up by policemen after being arrested. He was punched in the face and beaten with a pipe and a belt and he was handcuffed throughout the beating.

5. ACCUSED: I WAS HIT AND DECEIVED

Themerloh - Juraimai Husin, the first accused in the trial into the murder of former state Assemblyman for Batu Talam, Datuk Mazlan Idris told the High Court that he was assaulted and deceived by the police into giving the cautioned statement in connection with the murder.

6. EX-TRADER'S COMPLAINT AGAINST POLICE

Ipoh - Police will look into the complaint of retired businessman Wong Kok Chong, 54, who alleged that he was badly treated while undergoing a week long detention in a police lock-up for suspected theft.

7. SEX CASE: WOMAN SAYS SHE IS NOT AN ACTRESS

Kuala Lumpur - A 21 year old woman testifying in a sex-for-hire case said when she returned to the lock-up from the hospital, she was beaten by the police. She said Superintendent Shamsiah Mohd Yusuf hit her with a book, threatened her, told her to do push-ups and sit-ups. She was remaned in a lock-up from June 27 until June 30 1995.

8. ACCUSED: I WAS TORTURED INTO MAKING STATEMENT

Shah Alam - An accused charged with two others with murdering two pub workers four years ago told the High Court that he made a cautioned statement because he could not withstand being tortured by the police (beating, kicking and slapping).

9. BUSINESSMAN: I USED FIRM'S MONEY FOR SEX WITH ACTRESSES

Kuala Lumpur - Mohd Khalidi Mohd Ramly 27, a witness for sex-for-hire case who was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on 107 of the charges of cheating and forgery said, he was not treated well by the police and that he was beaten up during the detention.

10. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED OVER ALLEGED ASSAULT

Kota Bharu - The district police suspended a policeman for duty to facilitate investigation into an allegation that he had assaulted a 15 year old student in a lock-up.

11. BOY'S ALLEGATIONOF ASSAULT UNDER PROBE

Johor Bahru - Police are investigating the claim by the parents of a 15 year old boy that he was allegedly hit on the head with a baton by a policeman while in police custody.

12. POLICE BEAT ME UP

A 19 year old youth alleged he was assaulted by police during a five days remand at the Seremban police station. He alleged he was beaten by 5 policemen including an inspector.

13. 15 year old school boy was beaten and then remanded in a cell meant for adults.

14. SON ASSAULTED WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY

Sungai Siput - A father claimed that his son and his two friends were assaulted and tortured to admit the alleged crime while under custody.

15. PROBE ORDERED INTO BOY'S DEATH AFTER REMAND

Kuching - Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Yeap Kim Seng has ordered an investigation into the death of a teenager two days after he was release from police custody. Before the incident, he was complaining of body pains.

16. FUN NIGHT OUT TURNS UGLY FOR THREE BOYS

Petaling Jaya - A night out to surf the Internet at a café ended with three boys being arrested, allegedly beaten and used as forced labour. They were put in lock-up overnight.

17. NALLAKARUPPAN APPLIES FOR TRANSFER TO SUNGAI BULOH PRISON

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk S Nallakaruppan applied that he be remanded at the Sungai Buloh prison. He claimed that he had been subjected to intense interrogation and verbal abuse and denied proper resting time by the police at his current place of detention. The manner and conduct of police investigations were malicious, an abuse of process and mala fide.

18. DATUK S. NALLAKARUPPAN claimed that he was subjected to threats and ill treatment by the police while at Bukit Aman.

19. MUNAWAR REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONITION AT KLH

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's former speechwriter, Dr Munawar Ahmad Aness is in a stable condition at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Manawar 50 serving a six months jail sentence after admitting to a charge of allowing Anwar to sodomise him was admitted last Tuesday.

20. ANWAR: I WAS BLINDFOLDED, HANDCUFFED AND BEATEN

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim complained to the sessions court that he was blindfolded, handcuffed and assaulted on the night of his arrest. He was also denied medical treatment for almost five days, Anwar said in a six-minute statement from the dock after judge Hasnah Mohd Hashim allowed him to make a formal complaint against the police. This came after his counsel and the prosecution engaged in an argument as to whether Anwar could be allowed to address the court his treatment during detention under the Internal Security Act since September 20.

21. FULL INQUIRTY: ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IF THERE WAS BRUTALLY, ASSURES MAHATHIR

Kuala Lumpur - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has pledge a full inquiry into Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's claims that he was assaulted by police while in detention under the ISA.

22. ONLY IGP CAN REVEAL DETAILS OF PROBE TEAM

Petaling Jaya - It is prerogative of the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor to reveal the details on the team investigating claims by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that he was assaulted, while in police custody. Bukit Aman public relations chief Supt Ghazali Mohd Amin said he cannot disclose details as it will be prejudicial to investigations.

23. CHUA: ANWAR EXAMINED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Sabak Bernam - Former deputy prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was examined at the University Hospital in Petaling Jaya, Health Minister Datuk Chua Ju Meng said. He said the Medical reports will be submitted to the Court and Anwar is being kept overnight for observation. Chua said this is in line with the Court directive that the prosecution allows Anwar to get a medical check-up after the alleged in court that he was badly roughed up by police during detentions under the Internal Security Act.

24. MAIN POINT OF ASSAULT PROBE SETTED

Kota Kinabalu - Police say they have settled on the main points of the investigation into the allegations by former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that he was assaulted by the police while under Internal Security Act detention. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai said, police are now waiting for the report of the medical examination conducted o n Anwar at the University Hospital in Petaling Jaya.

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26. AG YET TO RECEIVE REPORT

Malacca – The special police team investigating alleged police brutality on former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has yet to submit its report to the Attorney-General's chambers.

27. ONE NIGHT IN DETENTION – TIAN CHUA SPEAK OUT

From the bridge, I saw many people being chased and beaten. I followed several journalists towards the direction of the FRU. Several meters from the bridge I saw a group of people being beaten by the FRU. I went closer to the side of the road so as to get a clearer view of the incident.

Suddenly, a Special Branch personnel with a leather jacket grabbed my hand and said, "Kau ikut saya', I tried to ask him name and the reason for arresting me, but he grabbed my hand even harder.

Immediately, I called the SUARAM office and informed my friend that I had been arrested. Several minutes later, a FRU personnel by the name of Kumar came up the truck and began to beat the person he had arrested.

28. ANWAR GIVEN SPEACIAL TREATMENT, SAYS MAHATHIR

Tokyo - Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is given special treatment while under remand pending his trial next month (November), Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. Anwar who was sacked on September 2 1998, and subsequently arrested under the Internal Security Act following street demonstrations by his supporters, has since been released from detention but is under remand in Sungai Buloh prison pending trail from November 2 1998 on four counts of corruption. He pointed out that there would be no cover-up on the on going investigations into the alleged police brutality on Anwar, adding that there were even allegations he himself had punched Anwar or that he had authorised the police to do the punching.

29. THE DAP PLEASED WITH DR MAHATHIR'S ADMISSION

Penang - The DAP is pleased that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had admitted in Tokyo the existence of police brutality involving suspects in police custody.

30. MEDICAL REPORT READY, SAYS CHUA

Johor Bahru – The report on the medical examination of former deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is ready and will be handed to the Attorney-General, Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said. 'It will be referred to the Attorney-General, let him handle the matter,' he told.

31. PROBE INTO ANWAR'S CLAIMS BEGIN

Kuala Lumpur - The High Court powered team of police officers formed to investigate Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's allegations that he was assaulted while in police custody began its work. The team is headed by Malacca Criminal Investigation Department head Assistant Commissioner of Police Mat Zain Ibrahim. Prime Minister said the government would not tolerate any unlawful police action. He cautioned that it would be wrong for anyone to put the blame on the police for the alleged assault until after this had been carefully determined.

32. UNDERTAKER: I WAS BEATEN IN LOCK-UP

Penang – A 62-year-old undertaker accused of murdering his wife told the court that he was hit on the head with a rubber hose about 12 times and forced to confess to the murder.

33. TIAN CHUA ARRESTED-ASSAULTED AGAIN

Tian Chua chairman of Gagasan and activist with Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) was among four people arrested following a peaceful protest in Kampung Bharu which was violently broken up by police on November 21 1998. Chua was arrested two hours after the demonstration ended, Chandra Muzaffar said: 'reports of police assaults upon and beatings of peaceful demonstrators and onlookers are becoming more and more frequent. The present crisis has revealed the ugly side of police behaviour', he said.

34. POLICE RESPONSIBLE

Kuala Lumpur - AG Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah holds the police fully responsible for injuries Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sustained while he was in their custody but says investigations have yet to identify the person or persons involved. He said a prime facie case has not been established to prosecute under section 323 of the Penal Code, the offence of voluntarily causing hurt. He also gave an assurance that he, as the Public Prosecutor will not hesitate to prosecute any individual proved to have committee or abetted the commission of such offence if further investigations show prima facie evidence.

35. CALL FOR THOROUGH AND FAIR PROBE INTO ALLEGED ASSAULT BY POLICE

Political Parties From The Government and opposition, the Bar Council and individuals questioned the Attorney-General's statement on the investigations into the alleged assault by the police on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. They urged the Government to set up an independent inquiry to ensure that a thorough and fair investigation had been carried out to establish the truth and bring to book those responsible for the crime.

36. PM TO STUDY CALL FOR INDEPENDENT INQUIRY

Kuala Lumpur - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government would consider suggestions by several quarters for the setting up an independent inquiry to investigate the alleged police assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dr Mahathir who is also Home Minister, said the police investigation was not conclusive probably because a lower ranking officer, who is carried out the investigation was not in position to record statement from higher-ranking officers.

37. ANWAR FILES CIVIL SUIT SEEKING DAMAGES FOR HIS INJURIES

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed a civil suit against the Home Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor and the government seeking damages for injuries caused to him during his detention while in police custody. He was seeking aggravated and exemplary damages, interest, costs and any further or other relief deemed fit by the court. He named Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir as the first defendant who being the Home Minister then is and was at all material times, charged with responsibility for the Royal Malaysian Police. He named Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor as the second defendant as the police force came under his command, and government as the third defendant.

38. PROBE INT ALLEGED ASSAULT OVER IN FIVE DAYS

Kuala Lumpur - Police will complete their investigation into the alleged assault of former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while he was in their custody. City Criminal Investigation Department Chief Senior Assistant Commissioner 11 Mat Zain Ibrahim, who heads a special investigation team to probe into the alleged incident, said the investigation would be completed within five days. He said the team was recording statements from several witnesses including the top brass at the Federal Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman.

39. MUNAWAR WANTS 10 AFFIDAVITS INCLUDED

Kuala Lumpur – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's former speech writer Dr Munawar Ahamd Aness is seeking to incorporate 10 affidavits of lawyers, police officers and reporter in the record of appeal against his conviction and sentence. Submitting on his application in the High Court, his counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon, said alternatively, the court can order an inquiry to be held to obtain information on Munawar's allegation that he was coerced into pleading guilty to allowing Anwar to sodomise him.

40. AG ORDERS DEFEER PROBE SOME OF THE INJURIES ON ANWAR WERE CAUSED BY POLICE OFFICERS

Kuala Lumpur - Attorney-General Tan Sri Mokhtar Abdullah said police officers had caused some of the injuries suffered by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while he was in police custody and ordered a deeper investigation. "The Royal Malaysian Police is fully responsible for the injuries to the complainant (Anwar) while he was in the legal custody of the police", he said.

41. I RESIGN

I Refer To The Press Statement By The Honorable Attorney-General On January 5 1999 regarding the police investigation on the injuries of YB Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim. In para 9 of the statement, the Honourable Attorney-General is of the opinion that the Royal Malaysian Police is fully responsible for the injuries to the complainant whilst he was in legal custody of the police. I, as the Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysian Police, assume full responsibility in respect of the matters referred thereto. I have therefore taken a decision to terminate my service as the Inspector-General of Police with effect from January 8 1999.

42. ANWAR TO FILE SUIT AGAINST IGP, HOME MINISTRY

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will file a suit against the Inspector-General of police, the Home Minister and the Government for the injuries he suffered while he was in police custody.

43. PANEL HAS 14 DAYS TO COMPLETE PROVE INTO ASSAULT ON EX-DPM

Kuala Lumpur - The cabinet has given the Independent Commission of Inquiry 14 days to complete its investigations into the alleged police assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The cabinet made the decision because it did not want further delays in determining who was responsible for injuries sustained by Anwar which in custody.

44. BAR COUNCIL LAUDS DECISION TO MAKE HEARING PUBLIC

The Bar Council welcomed the announcement that the hearing by the Commission of Inquiry looking into the injuries suffered by former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while police custody will open to the public and its finding submitted to the Yang Di Pertuan Agong." It is equally important that the commission taken this opportunity to look into the question of custodial violence itself and make strong recommendations on the treatment of detainees generally and stipulate rules against the occurrence of any form of violence in police custody".

45. FOUR DOCTORS DESCRIBE ANWAR'S INJURIES

Kuala Lumpur - The first doctor was Dr. Vasantha of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital outpatient Department, the visiting doctor of the Internal Security Act (ISA) detention centre. Vasantha said Anwar complained of pain overt the nape of the neck, radiating down to his left upper limb and of cough and coryza. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, who examined Anwar at Bukit Aman at 4.30 am on September 29 1998, said Anwar was rational and able to give history of the alleged assault. Dr Abdul Halim Mansur who examine Anwar with Dr. Xahari Noor said Anwar complained that he was assaulted on the left side of his head, slapped and gripped tightly by the upper left arm. Abdul Halim also said that they believed from all the injuries as a whole, that the assault was lethal or dangerous.

46. RAHIM: I ACT ACCORDING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES

Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor denied instructing for Anwar to be blindfolded and handcuffed so he could beat Anwar. He claimed that Anwar had said "Ni Bapa Anjing" to him, causing him to lose control and strike Anwar. Abdul Rahim also denied that he was either hot-tempered or cold saying: "I act according to the circumstances".

47. SECOND REPORT AGAINST RAHIM

Kuala Lumpur - Another former Internal Security Act detainee has lodged a police report against a former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor for assaulting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dang Wangi Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Bakri Zinin said, a businessman from Sandakan, Hasnal Ibrahim lodged a report at the Dang Wangi Police Station in Jalan Stadium.

48. AZMIN: POLICE STRIPPED ME NAKED

Kuala Lumpur - Mohamad Azmin Ali told the court that after he was arrested last year (1998), the police had stripped him naked and forced to say that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had sodomised him. Azmin, who was Anwar's former private secretary said the six policemen who interrogated him also forced him to say that Anwar was corrupt and a womaniser. Azmin was detained for seven days from September 16 1998, two weeks after Anwar was sacked. Azmin said police wanted hold him longer but a magistrate refused to extend the remand order and released him.

49. POLICE: BEYOND PUBLIC RELATION

The Police Force has to categorically state its position regarding the beating up of victims held under remand or after they are arrested. In a civilised society there are acceptable norms on how authorities have to exercise power. Even after condemnation by the AG and the recent disclosures to the Royal Commission, the police force has yet to express regret and apologise even to the former Deputy Prime Minister.

50. CAUTIONED STATEMENT DEEMED INADMISSIBLE

Kuala Lumpur - A magistrate’s court ruled that a cautioned statement by an accused in an unlawful assembly case was inadmissible as evidence because the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that it was made voluntarily. When asked about his physical condition at the time his statement was recorded he said: "My body felt weak and painful. I was also confused and afraid". He told the court that he had been beaten with cane on his right buttock and right palm when he was arrested about 8.30 p.m. on October 17 1998.

51. PANEL: TWO COPS COVERED UP ASSAULT

Kuala Lumpur - Two senior officers "assisted in covering up" the assault on former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim but action need not be taken against them, a Royal Commission of Inquiry said in its report. It said these two officer were in a very difficult position because the man who assaulted Anwar was their own No.1 boss, then Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor.

52. BAR COUNCIL SHOCKED BY PANEL’S MOVES

Petaling Jaya - The Bar Council has expressed shock at the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry that no action be taken against any other police officer who had knowledge of the assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while in police custody Council Chairman R. R. Chelvarajah said the officers concerned filed to arrest the perpetrator of the crime or did not notify a superior or authority.

53. NEED FOR PERMANENT LAW REFORM COMMISSION

Judges has often emphasised that allegations of the police brutality must be made at the earliest possible opportunity to a Magistrate. Routine procedure in the magistrate’s court to ask accused persons if they have any complaints whilst in police custody and to order a medical examination of the accused person if the complains of having been assaulted by the police. The sad fact remains however, that so long as the police have the power to record cautioned statements, allegations of the police brutality will continue to be made.

54. ANWAR WRITES TO ROYAL COMMISSION

On 29 September 1998, the day I first appeared in court, my lawyer Raja Aziz Addruse applied to the magistrate to register a report regarding the brutality inflicted on me Under ordinary circumstances this would have been considered normal procedure. But Gani Patail objected saying the injuries were "light". After sitting on the Special Investigation Team’s report for two months, Attorney-General decided to dispute some of the injuries I had complained of and declared that a prima facie case had not been made out. However, he placed responsibility on the police. Of course, the police was liable because I was in their custody. The real question is who was responsible, and what was the role of the then Minister Of Home Affairs in this entire sor did affair?

55. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS ACTIONS AGAINST OFFICER FOR BEATING ANWAR

Kuala Lumpur - The Royal Commission of Inquiry has recommended that action be taken against a police officer for beating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after he was arrested. The Commission’s chairman, Tan Sri Anuar Zainal Abidin, said only one person was named and one recommendation made in the report which was presented to the Yang DiPertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar.

56. GUILTY OFFICER MUST BE PUNISHED, SAYS YOUTH CHIEF

Kuala Lumpur - Umno Youth supports the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s recommendation that action be taken against the police officer who beat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after his arrest. UMNO Youth acting Chief Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the person found guilty should be punished and that there should be no discrimination.

57. ABU TALIB: RAHIM WAS NOT PROVOKED

Kuala Lumpur - The assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim by the then Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor was unprovoked. Former Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman who is leading the investigation for the Royal Commission of Inquiry, submitted it was a case of calculated assault by Rahim on a defenceless person. He said they have evidence that Anwar remained silent and submissive after his arrest.

58. POLICE PLANTED EVIDENCE IN MY BAG, SAYS 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT

Mohd Safuan, 18, who on April 30 1999 accused the authorities of Planning evidence in order to arrest him at the pro-Justice demonstration and assaulting him with a hockey stick while in police custody.

59. 24 UNDER REMAND, TIAN CHUA PROBED FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

Kuala Lumpur - Keadilan Vice-President, Tian Chua lodged a police report alleging that he was slapped by a policeman at the police station after he was arrested.

60. "CHARGE EX-IGP IMMEDIATELY"

Kuala Lumpur - The Government should immediately charge former Inspector-General Of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor with attempting to cause grievous harm to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, three former DAP members said. Any delay in charging Rahim following the public disclosure of the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s report into the assault would compromise Rahim’s hopes of a fair trial.

61. ‘CHARGE RAHIM WITH CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT’

PANEL WANTS EX-IGP GHARGED FOR ASSAULTING ANWAR

Kuala Lumpur - The Commission of Inquiry wants former IGP Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor charged with assaulting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while he was in police custody. It has recommended that Rahim, who has confessed to the assault, be charged under section 511 of the penal code for causing grievous hurt to Anwar. The charge should be read with section 325.

62. WRONG TO HANDCUFF ANWAR WHILE HE WAS IN LOCK-UP

Kuala Lumpur - It was wrong of the police to handcuff Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after he was put in the Bukit Aman lock-up. The action contravened section 19 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, says the Commission.

63. PRIME MINISTER DID NOT INFLUENCE OR ABET RAHIM IN ASSAULT

Kuala Lumpur - The Prime Minister did not in any way influence or abet the assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Commission of Inquiry said Anwar’s insinuation that Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had influence Tan Sri Rahim Noor to assault him was not substantiated and must therefore be rejected. ‘Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim candidly admitted to us and on oath that he was not going so far as to assert that his assault was ordered by the Prime Minister who was at that time the Home Minister’.

64. RAHIM, STORY IS INTERENTLY INCREDIBLE

Tan Sri Rahim Noor had told the inquiry that the assault in a police lock-up in the Bukit Aman Federal Police Headquarters took place following extreme provocation by Anwar who called him ‘Bapa Anuing’. However, the Commission was of the opinion that Rahim’s evidence that he did not order Anwar to be blindfolded and handcuffed before the assault and that the assault consisted of two slaps which was triggered by provocation as "inherently incredible".

65. OTHERS IN ANWAR ASSAULT TO GO FREE

FORMER IGP WAS THEIR BOSS AND THEY WERE IN A DIFFICULT POSITION

Kuala Lumpur - Two senior police officers "assisted in covering up" the assault on former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim but action need not be taken against them, a Royal Commission of Inquiry said. The Commission also disputed the Attorney-General’s conclusion that injuries were caused by "police officers" as evidence showed the assault was committed by Rahim alone.

66. ACCUSED TELLS OF BEATINGS BY TWO POLICEMEN

Ipoh - A goldsmith charged with murder told the High Court, he was assaulted by two policemen during interrogation until he fainted. K. Kumaresan, 24, said the policemen also threatened to harm his family if he did not sign prepared statements. He said he was punched, kicked and beatings and it were carried out in front of Asp Harith Kam Abdullah, who was in charge of interrogations.

67. BAR COUNCIL UNHAPPY WITH COMMISSION’S DECISION

Petaling Jaya - The Bar Council is shocked that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has recommended that no action be taken against any other police officer involved. ‘The question of being in a difficult position does not excuse the fact that other police officers concealed from Commission a criminal offence and in so doing, failed in their most basic and fundamental duty of upholding law and order’.

68. RAHIM NOOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Kuala Lumpur - Former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor has claimed trial to a summons charge of intentionally attempting to cause grievous hurt on former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He entered his plea after the charge was read out to him under section 325 of the Penal Code to be read together with section 511 of the same code.

69. DR. M: LET A-G DECIDE ON WHAT ACTION TO TAKE AGAINST RAHIM

Dhaka - Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he was disappointed that former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor was involved in assaulting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrabim "If the person responsible (for the assault) has apparently admitted, the Attorney-General should decide to take action against the person".

70. AZMIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE

Kuala Lumpur - Mohd Azmin Ali, the former private secretary of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to giving false evidence in his testimony during Anwar’s graft trial. Mohd Azmin, 34, was alleged to have given false evidence in his testimony as the 14^th witness in Anwar’s corruption trial when he said "saya mengatakan kepada majistret mengapa saya tidak boleh dilanjutkan tempoh tahan kerana tindakan dan ugutan pihak polis semasa dalam tahanan adalah terlalu kejam dan memaksa saya membuat pengakuan yang melibatkan saudara anwar".

71. "A-G HAS DISCRETION OVER WHICH SECTION OF LAW"

Kuala Lumpur - The Attorney-General has the discretion to decide under what law to prosecute anyone, including former Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Rahim Noor, DAP vice chairman Karpal Singh said. This was in pursuant to Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution. Rahim appeared before the sessions court and claimed trial to charges of attempting voluntarily to cause grievous hurt to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim under section 325 of the Penal Code to be read with section 511.

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73. JUDGE REJECTS BID BY CHUA AND MALEK

Kuala Lumpur - Chua and Malek claimed that they were subjected to police brutality after being arrested.

74. POLICE REPORT AGAINST FORMER IGP

Kuala Lumpur - Abdul Malek Hussain, a former ISA detainee lodged a report, urging the police to investigate and initiate action against former Inspector-General of police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor for assaulting former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

75. POLICE FORCED NEEDS TO GET BACK ON TRACK

Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor told the Royal Commission of Inquiry investigating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim injuries that he had slapped the former Deputy Prime Minister while Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was in police custody because of provocation. Anyway former Attorney-General Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, who led the commission’s investigation, concluded that Rahim was not provoked and that the attack was calculated.

76. ANWAR’S WRIT OF SUMMONS SERVED

Kuala Lumpur - The write of summons filed by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against the Home Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor and the Government seeking damages for injuries inflicted on him while he was in police custody was served through the Attorney-General’s Chambers. Lawyer Karpal Singh, who is representing Anwar, said the AG’s Chambers had accepted service on behalf of all the three defendants.

77. FORMER CHIEF JUDGE ANUAR HEADS FOUR MEN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

NEW PANEL TO PROBE THE ASSAULT ON ANWAR

Kuala Lumpur - An independent Commission of Inquiry headed by former Chief Judge of Malaya, Tan Sri Anuar Zainal Abidin, has been set up to investigate the alleged police assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while in their custody.

77.RAHIM VISITED LOCK-UP

THEN SOMEONE CRIED OUT IN PAIN, ASSAULT INOUIRY TOLD

Kuala Lumpur - Former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor and CID Director Datuk Yaacob Mohd Amin went into the lock-up area where Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was placed after his arrest September 1998. Subsequently someone cried out in pain "ADUH". The sound came from the direction of the lock-up, Brickfields OCPD ACP Koh Hong Sun told the commission Of Inquiry into Anwar’s assault. It’s happened on September 1998 while he was standing outside the lock-up at Bukit Aman after handling over Anwar to ASP Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof. After hearing the cry, Koh said he saw Rahim and Yaacob leaving the lock-up area and then was told by CID deputy director Datuk Ramli Yusof to go to Anwar’s cell and check on the situation.

79. ANWAR: I WAS TOLD EX-IGP RAHIM HIT ME

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Royal Commission of Inquiry that policemen in Bukit Aman had told him that he was beaten by the then Inspector-General of police Tan Sri Rahim Noor. Anwar who related in detail the repeated punches he received after his arrest on September 20 1998, said the policemen had told him of this privately the day after the beating when he was "more conscious".

80. I WAS TOLD THAT RAHIM ASSAULTED ME, SAYS ANWAR

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he heard someone clear his throat before he was assaulted in the Bukit Aman lock-up and he believed the person was familiar to him. "I can identify that sound You see him on TV, you’ve met him I knew at that time it was Tan Sri Rahim Noor".

81. CAUTIONED STATEMENT WAS GIVEN VOLUNTARY

Kuala Lumpur - A police officer told the Magistrate's Court that he did not induce, threaten or force an accused in an unlawful assembly case to make a cautioned statement. Noridah Mohd Yassin told the court that she had been beaten on her waist, thighs and calves when she was arrested in 1998. "I felt very frightened at that time. I was even more frightened when I was taken to the city police headquarters in a police truck. I was afraid if I did not make the cautioned statement I would be found guilty and sent to prison", she said.

82. DOC-INJURIES BACK ANWAR’S CLAIM

Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s injuries were consistent with his claims that he was punched and slapped, a forensic consultant told the Commission of Inquiry." The injuries were consistent with Datuk Seri Anwar’s statement which I was shown", said Dr Abdul Rahman Yusof, of Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

83. I HAD TO RESTRAIN RAHIM, SAYS COPS.

Kuala Lumpur - Criminal Investigations Department Deputy Director Senior Ass Comm (1) Datuk Ramli Yusuf saw then IGP, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor in the act of assaulting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the police lock-up on September 20 1998. SAC Ramli told the Commission of Inquiry that he rushed into the cell to restrain Abdul Rahim, who was on his back on the cement slab in the cell before he and CID Director Comm Datuk Yaacob Mohd Amin reached there.

84. EX-IGP: I SLAPPED ANWAR TWICE AFTER HE INSULTED ME

Kuala Lumpur - Former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor admitted in the Commission of Inquiry that he slapped Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim twice on September 20 1998 after the former deputy Prime Minister uttered "offensive words". Abdul Rahim said he may have hit the blindfolded and handcuffed Anwar again but he was not sure because "it all happened so fast". In denying that his attack on Anwar was premeditated, he said no other officer assisted him or that he had received instructions from the Prime Minister to assault Anwar.

85. PAUL REJECTS DEFENCE BID FOR TESTIMONY BY DOCTORS

Kuala Lumpur - The defence in the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim corruption trial failed in its bid to call two doctors to testify on police attitude when the former Deputy Prime Minister suffered injuries while in custody. Justice Datuk S. Augustine Paul’s view was that Anwar’s injuries and lack of medical attention are irrelevant to the present charges and they may be separate issues to be considered in his civil suit against the police and government.

86. FORMER IGP REGRETS HITTING ANWAR

Kuala Lumpur - Former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor regrets his action and conveyed apologies to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his family Rahim’s counsel The Poh Teik conveyed this on completing his submission before the Commission of Inquiry into Anwar’s assault.

87. KARPAL WANTS RAHIM TO FACE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE

Kuala Lumpur - Lawyer Karpal Singh urged the Commission of Inquiry to recommend that former Inspector-General Of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor be charged with attempted murder. He noted that the injuries suffered by the former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim were serious as the blows were lethal. Karpal was making his submissions to the Commission, which completed hearing evidence from witnesses in its inquiry into Anwar’s assault while in police custody.

88. FORMER ISA DETAINEE FILES RM3 OM SUIT

Kuala Lumpur - Former PAS Youth Secretary Abdul Malek Hussin filed a RM30 million civil suit against the police for infringing on the basic rights and assaulting him while detained under Internal Security Act. Malek who was detained for 57 days from September 25 to November 21 1998, filed the suit against police officer Assistant Superintendent Borhan Daud, the Inspector-General of Police and the Government of Malaysia.

89. MALEK HUSSIN MAKES STATUTORY DECLARATION WITH SHOCKING DETAILS

Another Ex-Detainee of the Internal Security Act has issued an affidavit documenting shocking details of sexual and physical torture under police custody. Abdul Malek Hussin who was arrested on the night of September 25 1998 after addressing a demonstration earlier that afternoon in Masjid Negara, said he was severely assaulted, physically and sexually. Malek said he was slapped, punched, beaten-up and hit hard on the head until he passed off.

90. PROTESTER CONDEMN MAHATHIR AND RAHIM NOOR

Exactly Six Months after Mahathir’s rival Anwar Ibrahim was imprisoned, assaulted and denied medical care for 5 days, hundreds of city dwellers marched through Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman on March 20 1999 to protest police brutality and called on embattled Prime Minister, Mahathir to step down. At least 2,000 protesters shouted slogans and waved banners while demanding the arrest of former police chief Abdul Rahim Noor, who admitted that he assaulted Anwar while under the ISA detention, which was ordered by Mahathir. "This demonstration is to ask the government to charge Rahim Noor", Irene Fernandez, Chairperson of Tenaganita said. "It is also to ask Mahathir to resign to take responsibility for the beating of Anwar", she said, referring to Mahathir’s position as Home Minister’s in charge of the police at the time of Anwar assault.

91. ACTION IN ANWAR ASSAULT CASE ‘WILL DEPEND ON KING’

Kuala Lumpur - The police will initiate necessary action against a police officer for beating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, should Yang Dipertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar accept the recommendation by the Royal Commission Of Inquiry. While the police have not received any directive on the matter, acting Inspector General Of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai said the action would depend on the decision of the King.

92. CABINET DECIDES TO MAKE REPORT PUBLIC

Kuala Lumpur - The Commission Of Inquiry’s report on the assault on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be made public. The cabinet, which decided on this, is referring the report to the Attorney-General’s Chambers immediately for further action.

93. COURT TOLD OF ACCUSED BEING TEASED, RIDICULED WHILE MAKING STATEMENT

Kuala Lumpur - An accused in an unlawful assembly case was teased and ridiculed by several policemen while making a cautioned statement, the magistrate court was told. "I was very frightened under tremendous pressure and felt humiliated", Abdul Razak Taharin said. Abdul Razak testified that he also did not voluntary make the statement.

94. ANWAR’S ASSOCIATE FILESW REPORT AGAINST COPS

Kuala Lumpur - Former ISA detainee Abdul Malek Husin lodged a police report against several senior police officers for not taking action against the person who assaulted Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. It is learnt that Abdul Malek Husin, who is suing the police force for RM30 million for his detention, which he claimed was illegal, lodged a report with the Dang Wangi Police.

95. JUDGMENT LATER FOR MUNAWAR’S APPLICATION

Kuala Lumpur - In his application, Munawar is seeking that further evidence be taken in respect to two paragraphs in his petition of appeal. One paragraph, concerns his guilty plea on September 19 1998 in the sessions court, which he claimed was involuntary and extracted from him by the police. In the other paragraph, he claimed that he was denied a lawyer of his choice and the lawyer who appeared in the court on that day was a lawyer chosen by the police as part of an arrangement whereby he would plead guilty.

96. DPM: POLICE NOT TO BE BLAMED BECAUSE OF RAHIM

Kota Kinabalu - The entire police force should not be blamed because of former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor’s alleged assault of former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. He said the issue should not be raised repeatedly as it was not the intention of the police force to behave in such a way.

97. POLICE FORCED ME TO PARADE IN THE NUDE.

Kuala Lumpur - Wed: Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja today gave extensive evidence about his treatment at the hands of the police, saying he was handcuffed and forced to parade naked during interrogation…

98. EX-IGP’S CASE SET FOR MARCH.

Kuala Lumpur - The trial of former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor, charged with the attempted assault of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while he was in police custody last September, will only be heard next year now…

99. WITNESS: I WAS BEATEN WHILE IN DETENTION CAMP.

Kuala Lumpur - Wed: A Bangladeshi ex-detainee of the Tanah Merah immigration camp told the magistrate’s court today that he was beaten repeatedly by police officers while in detention…

100. RAHIM PLEADS GUILTY, Ex-IGP to be sentenced today.

Kuala Lumpur - Former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court yesterday to an amended charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in September 1998 while he was held in police custody…

101. RAHIM GETS TWO MONTHS’ JAIL FOR CAUSING HURT

Kuala Lumpur - Wed: Former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor was sentenced today of two moths’ jail and fined the maximum RM 2,000 for causing hurt to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who had been handcuffed and blindfolded…

102. TWO MONTHS: Ex-IGP Abdul Rahim gets jail and RM 2,000 by a Sessions Court here yesterday for causing hurt to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim while he was in police custody in September 1998.

103. SCHOOLBOY SUES POLICE OVER CUSTODIAL TORTURE, Vicknesvaran comes to court with leg in a cast.

Alor Star - Mon: A Form Three student, who arrived at the High Court with his leg in a ast today, has filed a RM 407,000 suit against the police claiming that he was beaten and tortured while he was in custody…

104. COPS SHOT ME IN THE EYE, SAYS MAN.

Petaling Jaya - Sun: How Soon Hock , 24, claims police officer blinded his right eye by playing Russia roulette with him, and later tried to cover it up by asking him to lie to a doctor about the nature of his wounds…

105. THAI TOURIST CLAIMS MOLEST BY COPS. They deliberately grazed my breasts and buttocks in the lock-up, says 20-year-old.

Klang - Sun: A 20-year-old tourist from Thailand said today that she was molested and mistreated by policemen while being detained in the police lock-up in Port Klang…

106. MECHANIC ALLEGES POLICE TORTURE, He claims Jasin Police refused to accept report he was pinched with pliers.

Malacca - Tue: A 26-year-old mechanic from Jasin says he was tortured by police during interrogation in connection with a theft case at an estate where he works as a workshop foreman...

107.KEADILAN REPORTS POLICE RUTALITY

Klang - Fri: Six Parti Keadilan Malaysia members today lodged a police report alleging that they sustained bodily injuries after being assaulted by police when they were arrested on Nov 5 during the unlawful assembly at Jalan Kebun here…

108. CONTRATOR: I WAS SHOT AND ABUSED BY POLICEMEN.

Alor Star - Sun: A 20-year-old contractor today described how he was allegedly shot and abused by three policemen in Langkawi in 1998…

109 I. WAS ASSAULTED BY COPS, SAY EX-STATE FOOTBALLER

Penang - Mon: A former state footballer told a Sessions Court here today that a policemen slapped, punched and hit his ear with a helmet before be was handcuffed and placed in a police station lock-up for several hours…

110. I SAW COP KICK OWMAN: WITNESS

Kuala Lumpur - Tues: A witness told the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) open inquiry today that he saw a police officer yank the headscarf off a woman’s head a proceed to kick her during the Nov 5 illegal assembly at Jalan Kebun, Klang…

111. COPS BEAT ME

A businessman alleges he was threatened at gun point and beaten when he tried to break up a quarrel at a disco. He went to the police station to make a report and claimed he was punched and kicked again. He was remanded for ten days…

112. 61-YEAR-OLD PETTY TRADER CLAIMS TORTURE WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY

Bukit Mertajam - Fri: A 61-year-old petty trader lodged a report today, claiming that police beat and tortured him when he was detained on suspicion of house-breaking…

113. NO NUDE SQUATTING DONE, SAY POLICE. Body search conducted to ensure no prohibited were brought into lock-up, inquiry told.

Kuala Lumpur - Fir: A woman detainee was never asked to perform the "squatting exercise" naked, a police constable told the Malaysia Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) public inquiry today…

114. NO NAKED SQUATS, SAYS COP, "Detainee only told to undress for a body search."

Kuala Lumpur - A woman detainee was ever asked to perform the "squats" naked, a woman police constable told the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) Public inquiry yesterday…

115. COP: MURDER ACCUSED WAS NOT BEATEN UP.

Shah Alam - Thurs: A police officer denied in the High Court here today that a bus driver charged with the rape and murder of a computer engineer was beaten by two police detectives until he fainted and bled before his caution statement was recorded...

116. PROBE ON DRIVER’S CLAIMS OF ABUSE IN POLICE LOCK-UP.

Malacca - State police are investigating complaints from a trailer driver who was allegedly forced to drink his own urine and had crushed chilli padi rubbed on his private part while under detention at the Jasin police lock-up…

117. POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS BY REMAND SUSPECT.

Malacca - Thurs: Police have started investigating allegations by a remand suspect that he was mistreated while being held in a lock-up in Jasin…

118. WHY NO FEMALE SENTRY IN AMPANG LOCK-UP,

Probe into rape allegations: A Police probe is on to find out why there was no female sentry at the Ampang lock-up where two women detainees were allegedly raped by a male constable…

119. COPS WRAP UP PROBE, Alleged rape of two female detainees:

Police have completed investigations into the alleged rape of two female detainees at the Ampang police lock-up…

120. COP CHARGED WITH RAPING TWO DETAINEES.

Kuala Lumpur - A Police constable was charged in a Sessions Court in Ampang here yesterday with raping two foreign detainees in a district police lock-up last month. He pleaded not guilty…

121. COP CLAIMS TRIAL TO RAPING 2 DETAINEES, offences said to have been committed within 5 minutes of each other.

Kuala Lumpur - Wed: A Police constable claimed trial today to raping two detainees within five minutes of each other…

122. COUSEL: SUSPECT WENT THROUGH HELL WHILE IN CUSTODY.

Penang - A suspect had a "horrendous experience" while in police custody when molten wax was dripped onto his private part and newspapers shoved into his mouth, a Sessions Court heard yesterday. Counsel K. Simon Murali submitted that the hotel assistant housekeeper A. Vijayan, 33, was not only beaten up but also abused in a cruel manner…