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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Surik did not identify the assailants. Oh … Did he not?


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Video Link I am appalled by the statement made by the Serian police chief DSP Mohd Jamali Umi to the press, appearing in a local English daily yesterday, when he was asked to comment on the brutal assault of 66-years old Iban farmer Surik Anak Muntai.
The Serian police chief was quoted as saying that as the 4 attackers were wearing masks during the assault, neither the victim nor the witness could identify them. He further stated: “The victim does not know the attackers. He could not identify them …”
These statements are a far cry from the recorded statements and testimonies given to the police by Surik Anak Muntai and his wife Rosni Anak Langap.
On the day of incidence, 15.03.2013 at 1405 hrs, Rosni Anak Langap (591228135166) of Kampung Danau Kerangas, Serian lodged a police report with the Serian Police Station (No. Repot: Serian/00897/13). The content reads:
Pada 15/03/2013 Jam lebih kurang 1130 hrs, suami saya bernama Surik Anak Muntai, No. Kad Pengenalan 470609-13-5295 pergi ke sekolah Sg Menyan untuk mengambil anak saya bernama Ralven Justin balik dari sekolah. Tiba-tiba datang lima orang lelaki bangsa Cina terus menyerang suami saya dengan menggunakan parang dan kayu. Antara lima lelaki tersebut, hanya seorang sahaja yang suami saya kenali, salah seorang lelaki cina itu daripada United Team Trade Plantation. Akibat daripada serangan tersebut, suami saya mengalami luka dibahagian kedua belah kaki dan tangan sebelah kanan. Tujuan saya datang ke balai polis untuk tindakan dan siasatan pihak polis. Sekian laporan saya.
The content may be translated as:-
“On the 15.03.2013 at about 11.30am, my husband by the name of Surik anak Muntai (WNKP 470609-13-5295) went to fetch our son, Ralven Justin, from Sg Menyan School. Suddenly five Chinese men came and attacked my husband using parang and sticks. Out of the five persons, my husband was only able to recognized one of the assailants who is from United Team Trade Plantation. Due to the aforesaid attack, my husband sustained injury on both his legs and his right hand. I come to police station seeking police action and investigation. That is all for my report.”
Surik was found bleeding profusely. He was rushed by a fellow native man, who was also there to fetch his child, to the Serian hospital and the medical officer was alarmed by the seriousness of the injuries and had immediately rushed him to the Sarawak General Hospital.
His injuries were reported earlier. Surik had multiple injuries including severe splintered fractures of both the bones in the right wrist, with a laceration wound from a parang 4cm x 2cm. He had the fractures plated. He also had a cut tendon repaired. He also had injuries to both knees. There are fractures in both kneecaps and the surgeons have released a tendon caught in one of the kneecap fractures. Apparently the knee injuries were caused by blunt trauma, being hit with a hard object.
Any person, not to mention an aged man of 66 years old, could have died as a result of the assault.
What will any reasonable person think the case should be?
Attempted murder?
Assault and causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means?
In a letter that was given to the complainant Rosni Anak Langap on 18.03.2013, the Investigating Officer Inspector Mohd Azlan bin Ab Wahab stated that the case is one of “merusuh” which is translated to mean “commotion” or “riot”.
It is also stated that the complaint is being investigated under section 148 of the Penal Code which provides for the offence of “possessing weapons or missiles at riot” and it reads:
“Any person who attends, takes part in or is found at any riot and who has in his possession at such riot any firearm, ammunition, explosive, corrosive, injurious or obnoxious substance, stick, stone or any weapon or missile capable of use as a weapon of offence shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.”
It is incomprehensible how the police could have come to the decision to investigate the complaint as “riot” or “commotion”.
The suspect who was being arrested has since being released on police bail. There was no arrest of the other assailants.
PKR Sarawak State Chief YB Baru Bian had written to the Sarawak Police Commissioner seeking an appointment this Monday to convey our concerns on the manner this case is being pursued by the police and the enormity of the plantation company workers confronting the local NCR (native customary rights) landowners.
From the testimonies of Surik Anak Muntai and his wife Rosni Anak Langap, Surik had told a group of policemen (with the presence of the IO) that he had identified and named the administrative executive of the plantation company and he could identify another assailant though he does not know his name.
Surik repeated his account on the incidence when YB Baru Bian visited him in the Sarawak General Hospital on 19.03.2013. At that time, the same police investigating officer was also present, listening to him.
It appears that Surik and his wife did not only identify the assailants by the white proton perdana that they were travelling in. Surik had prior to the incidence met and spoken to one of the assailants.
Before the assault, Surik and Rosni were sending their palm oil fruits to the mill and they had meet with the group on his way to the mill, driving the same white proton perdana, and the said administrative executive of the plantation company and another suspect had stopped Surik’s car, claiming that their car had engine or battery problem and asked for Surik to get down from the car to help them. Surik did not get down from the car as he was alarmed by the car not having a car plate and there were others sitting in the stationed car.
After he had delivered the palm oil fruits, Surik left the mill and drove past the white proton perdana and he had noticed that the said car had tailed him to the to the main Kuching-Sri Aman road, near Balai Ringin.
Surik had also identified the said administrative executive of the plantation company from the shirt he was wearing, the same one he worn when they met on the way to the mill and when he attacked Surik at the bus stop not far from Sekolah Sg Menyan where Surik was there to fetch his child.
How could the content of the police report lodged and the testimonies of the victim being blatantly ignored and or overlooked by the police officer having charge of the investigation?
The Serian district police chief and the investigating officer should be reminded that it is a consecrated duty of the force to conduct investigation into complaint represented to them not only impartially and responsibly, but must be seen to be conducting them impartially and responsibly.
We are constrained to release a video interview with Surik, which is a recording of Surik recounting the incidence and what his confutation to the statement of the Serian district police chief that he could not identify the assailants.
We will certainly bring this matter to all the authorities concerned, including the Police headquarters in Bukit Aman, to ensure that justice is seen to be done to the poor aged native farmer and that any violent confrontation between native landowners and plantation companies in Serian and elsewhere in Sarawak may be avoided.
Attached:        Police Report (No. Repot: Serian/00897/13) dated 15.03.2013
Letter “Penyiasatan kes” dated 18.03.2013
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