Cops confirm receiving journalists' reports on assault
BernamaPublished: May 22, 2013 3:26 AM | Updated: May 22, 2013 3:31 AM
Police have confirmed receiving reports from two journalists who were allegedly assaulted when covering a gathering to seek the release of student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim in Jalan Sungai Dua on Monday night.
Police have confirmed receiving reports from two journalists who were allegedly assaulted when covering a gathering to seek the release of student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim in Jalan Sungai Dua on Monday night.
Timur Laut District police chief ACP Gan Kong Meng said the reports were received from a Chinese newspaper reporter and a news portal reporter at 12.30am and 2.20pm.
Speaking to reporters during a High Profile Policing programme in George Town today, he said no arrests had been made yet and police would investigate the gathering under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and Section 147 and Section 323 of the Penal Code.
At 8.30pm on Monday, about 30 Universiti Sains Malaysia students held a candlelight vigil in front of a shop in Sungai Dua in a symbolic gesture urging for the release of Adam Adli, who was being remanded for five days.
A group of men wearing helmets later appeared and jeered at the demonstrators, and two reporters who tried to take their pictures were roughed up.
The gathering was also attended by Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Mohd Rashid Hasnon and Parti Sosialis Malaysia state chief Choo Chon Kai, who also spoke at the gathering.
- Bernama
Timur Laut District police chief ACP Gan Kong Meng said the reports were received from a Chinese newspaper reporter and a news portal reporter at 12.30am and 2.20pm.
Speaking to reporters during a High Profile Policing programme in George Town today, he said no arrests had been made yet and police would investigate the gathering under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and Section 147 and Section 323 of the Penal Code.
At 8.30pm on Monday, about 30 Universiti Sains Malaysia students held a candlelight vigil in front of a shop in Sungai Dua in a symbolic gesture urging for the release of Adam Adli, who was being remanded for five days. A group of men wearing helmets later appeared and jeered at the demonstrators, and two reporters who tried to take their pictures were roughed up.
The gathering was also attended by Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Mohd Rashid Hasnon and Parti Sosialis Malaysia state chief Choo Chon Kai, who also spoke at the gathering.
- Bernama
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