MARI DOA MALAYSIA SELAMAT

Seperti kita berdoa agar mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, segera sembuh, marilah kita berdoa agar Malaysia dilindungi Allah SWT daripada malapetaka. Janganlah ada lagi kekacauan dan rusuhan di negara ini. Cukuplah apa yang sudah berlaku. Tiada siapa yang untung, semuanya akan rugi jika rusuhan dan kekacauan terus berlaku. Tidak kira parti politik, kerajaan atau pembangkang. Semua akan menerima musibahnya.

Dalam pada itu, polis juga perlu meneliti dulu maklumat yang ingin diberikan agar tidak menimbulkan prasangka yang bukan-bukan di kalangan rakyat. Jika satu das tembakan, katakan satu das. Sebaliknya, jika empat das, katakan empat das agar tidak siapa yang akan mempertikaikan pada masa akan datang.

Laporan Malaysiakini menyebut jumlah tembakan pistol sebenarnya ialah empat das dan bukannya satu das seperti yang dilaporkan sebelum ini. Dalam pada itu, marilah kita berdoa agar mereka yang tercedera, tidak kira orang ramai atau polis yang terbabit dalam rusuhan di Terengganu itu segera sembuh. Mereka perlu sembuh untuk terus mencari rezeki menyara keluarga. Mereka tidak boleh sakit untuk mencari makan.

Bacalah laporan Malaysiakini ini untuk renungan kita bersama.

The police officer, who discharged his firearm during the clash in Kuala Terengganu over the weekend, had fired a total of four shots.

Terengganu police chief SAC I Ayub Yaakob confirmed this when contacted this evening.

He also clarified that the shooter was a 25-year-old general duty police officer and not Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel Azmi Hussein, 29, as reported previously.

The police officer, who was said to have opened fire in self-defence after being set upon by an armed mob, was identified as constable Wan Abdul Aziz.

As a result of the incident, two men, Suwandi Abdul Ghani, 37, and Muhamad Azman Aziz, 21, sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and neck respectively. Both, who have been hospitalised, are reported to be in stable condition.

Wan, on the other hand, received several stitches following the attack and is currently on medical leave. He has since filed a police report and the case has been classified as ‘attempted murder’.

The police are also investigating to determine if there was any negligence on the constable’s part.

Meanwhile, Ayub said FRU personnel Azmi is still undergoing treatment for injuries sustained during Saturday’s clash between the police and opposition supporters.

Azmi was hurt when the angry crowd pelted police personnel with bottles, stones and other objects. In total, four police officers, including Wan and Azmi, were injured.

Different versions

Since the incident, there have been different versions reported by the media as to the identity of the shooter and the number of shots fired.

Bernama had initially said one shot was fired, while some newspapers reported that two shots were discharged.

The violence erupted over the denial of a police permit for a forum organised by the opposition-backed election watchdog Bersih.

The opposition have also claimed that the clash was instigated by police agent provocateurs but Ayub had denied this.

“We never provoked anybody, my instruction was clear - we will not react if the people do not do anything,” he told malaysiakini yesterday.

He also said the application for the permit was rejected because the site of the proposed forum, Pantai Batu Buruk, was deemed unsuitable. The area is a popular tourist spot.

Furthermore, he said the application did not contain any plans on how the organisers intended to control the crowd and traffic in the area.

“They (the organisers) filed an appeal. I then called them for negotiations, but they only sent a messenger. I waited till 6pm in my office (on Saturday),” he added.

However, PAS claimed that it had held numerous ceramahs in Batu Buruk since the 90s and had not previously faced any problems.

Desperate act

As for the policeman discharging his weapon, Ayub said the former, who was on crowd control duty that night, had acted out of desperation.

“After ushering the women, children and elderly into a nearby building to avoid them from getting hurt, he was suddenly confronted by a group of 20 men carrying sticks.

“They called him SB (Special Branch) and began hitting him,” he added.

Ayub said the policeman suffered a blow to his eye causing it to bleed. He then fell to the ground but the mob allegedly did not relent and continued to assault him.

“He had no choice, he used his left hand to fend the blows and with his right hand, he reached for his gun. Because his face was bleeding profusely, he couldn’t see properly as well.

“He was still on the ground, his elbow was on the ground when he fired into the air. He did not even know that someone had been hit (by the shots),” he added.


Twenty-three people were arrested following the clash and 18 have since been released.