Monday, 08 Feb 2021 01:42 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Lawyer Roger Chin said the police owed an explanation over the incident and must conduct an independent investigation, which he said Lim Xiang Hui would assist. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 Plainclothes police officers assaulted a 21-year-old man and fired a warning shot at him before arresting him on suspicion of being a lookout for a smuggling syndicate, a lawyer and lawmaker alleged today.
In a press conference, lawyer Roger Chin, Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah, and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) executive director Sevan Doraisamy claimed that Lim Xiang Hui was a victim of mistaken identity.
Suspected of tonto links, youth claims cops beat him repeatedly
Modified6 Feb 2021, 2:24 am
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Lim Xiang Hui, 20, claims that plainclothes police officers assaulted him repeatedly in the wee hours of the morning on Jan 24 in Rompin, Pahang. My eyes, legs, back, and head were swollen due to the incident, read his police report, sighted by
Malaysiakini.