In Malaysia, Fracas Leads to Police Violence
It was a night of chaos in Kuala Lampur last night. The Malay Mail reports:
On a night filled with tension and anger, police detained three men and a woman for allegedly trying to ram a car into a line of riot police. Five people also lodged police reports stating that they had been assaulted and one for damage to a car.
Residents at the scene alleged that as many as 20 people had been injured and several cars smashed by the unknown assailants.
Protests started when residents woke up to a concrete barricade rebuilt at the controversial access road earlier in the morning by Grand Saga. By evening, a crowd of at least 250 residents had gathered.
At 7.20pm, when residents pushed off a slab of concrete from the barricade a group of unidentified men rushed towards them wielding wooden sticks, bike helmets and, some residents claimed, metal rods and parang. The armed men shouted at the residents to stay away from the barricade.
Ean Yong Hian Wah, the State assemblyman for Seri Kembangan, arrived at 9pm and had to calm some riled-up residents, some of whom wanted to take quick revenge by destroying the Batu 11 toll booth.
“This problem should not be solved by violence. This is a legal matter and can only be settled in court,” he told residents, adding that he would be bringing up the issue at the Selangor exco meeting today.
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