KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Coalition of Malay Non-Governmental Organisations Malaysia chairman, Datuk Jamal Md Yunus has denied saying that the police punched him during a scuffle at a shopping mall yesterday.
“I could have said it in the heat of the moment since there was a scuffle and a commotion. Actually, I wanted to tell the police that I was punched.
“I was trying to chase the person who hurt,” he told a press conference at Pandan Indah police station, here today.
Jamal also denied that he was fighting the police as shown by a video footage which has gone viral on the social media.
“In the video footage, we were not fighting the police but was pleading for them to make way so that I could chase the person responsible.” In the incident at about 4 pm yesterday, Jamal was hurt after being punched in the face by an unidentified person after following Ampang Member of Parliament, Zuraida Kamaruddin who was promoting a Bersih rally.
Jamal was summoned to the police station for recording of his statement on the assault incident at a shopping mall in Ampang. — Bernama
