BMC fracas: Police beat up youth without mercy.

By his account, he was only a curiosity-seeker who wanted to know what was going on at the site of a disputed barricade near Bandar Mahkota (Cheras) BMC last night.

In no time at all, however, Chang Jiun Haur was soaked in his own blood after being repeatedly beaten by 20 riot squad (FRU) personnel armed with batons and kicked with boots.

Chang 21, his sister and friends were driving away from the site of the barricade about 11:30pm, when their car was surrounded by police personnel who had earlier dealt with a fracas involving BMC residents.

A high ranking police officer at the scene claimed that Chang had run over a FRU personnel with his car.

"He asked for it. He ran over a policeman and he got what he deserved, "he told malaysiakini a few minutes after the incident.

Asked to identify the person who was hit by the car, the officer had initial difficulty in persuading the individual to come forward.

When he did so, the man-who appeared unscathed-claimed "He tried to run over me...look at my baton, it is broken. What more evidence do you want?"

However, a police officer who took Chang to the Kajang Hospital said none of the personnel had been hit by the injured man's car.

Chang, when met at the hospital at 12:30am,have also denied this as well "We had just come back (to Kuala Lumpur) from Port Dickson and wanted to see what was going on."

He was lying on a bed, with bloodied mouth. His shirt had been torn off by the police, and his shorts were drenched in blood. He was crying from the shock and trauma, and was unable to say more.

It is learnt that Chang was placed in intensive care unit. The other occupants of his car were arrested last night, but were released today according to BMC Open Road Committee chairperson Tan
Boon Hwa who been keeping tabs on last night's dramatic events.

DAP Selangor executive councillor Ronnie Liu, who visited Chang later last night, said the police had over-reacted and the excessive use of the force could not be justified.

"The police should maintain law and order and not assault people. I am disapointed. My party will provide Chang and the others with lawyers,"said Liu.

According to Liu, the beating was so severe that Chang lost one or two of his teeth.

MALAYSIA BOLEH !!! YEAH THAT'S THE WAY FOR OUR MALAYSIAN POLICE FORCE,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...WHAT IF THAT WAS YOUR SON BEEN BEATEN LIKE A DOG ?? WONDER THAT !! I BELIEVE IN KARMA...."WHAT GOES AROUND,COMES AROUND"