Monday, September 17 2007
Hit repeatedly for recording proceedings
By MARIAM THANY
ANIMAL lover Lim Ann Nee (left), who was among those who attended a meeting with Selayang Municipal Council on the dog-catching competition at the council’s offi ce last Friday, claims that a council representative knocked her on the head repeatedly with a book.
She claims that the alleged attack happened outside the MPS building when a man caught her fi lming with her camcorder.
“I was not aware that a man was staring at me. He shouted: ‘Apa you tangkap?’ (What are you recording?) “I switched off my camcorder but when he started to walk towards me, I knew something bad was going to happen and quickly switched it back on to record everything.” She claimed that her alleged assailant used a booklet he was holding and hit her for almost 10 minutes.
“Before he left, he shouted ‘Awak stupid!’ (You’re an idiot) and ‘Semua sini pergi mampus!’ (All of you can go ahead and die!),” said Lim.
Lim lodged a report at the Sentul police station the same day.“A SELAYANG Municipal Council representative knocked me on the head with a book,” claimed animal lover Lim Ann Nee, who was among those who attended a meeting with the council on the dog-catching competition at its offi ce, last Friday.
The meeting was attended by Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Malaysian Animal Assisted Therapy Association (PetPositve), Malaysian Animal Rights and Welfare Society (Roar), Malaysian Association for Responsible Pet Ownership (Marpo) and the Coalition of Animal Lovers Malaysia (Calm).
“I was standing outside the MPS building with other animal lovers, waiting for the meeting to be over.
“When PetPositive representatives Anthony Thanasayan and Roar president N.
Surendran (Surin) came out from the conference, we were surprised and started to speculate as to what could have happened.
“I started to film what was happening with my camcorder, including the directors leaving the office,” she said.
“I was not aware that a man was staring at me. He shouted ‘Apa you tangkap?’ (What are you recording?) “I switched off my camcorder but when he started to walk towards me, I knew something bad was going to happen and quickly switched it back on to record everything.
“The man realised that I was recording him, and he hit my camcorder.” She claimed that her alleged assailant used a booklet he was holding and hit her for almost 10 minutes.
“He wanted to hit my head but failed because I was leaning and moving back to protect myself.
“Before he left, he shouted at me ‘Awak stupid and semua sini pergi mampus’ (You’re an idiot and all of you can go ahead and die),” said Lim.
Lim lodged a report at the Sentul police station the same day.
The Malay Mail contacted MPS president Zainal Abidin Azim on the matter, but he refused to comment.
“Since it’s already a police case, I leave it to them to investigate,” he said.
Zainal also denied knowing the alleged assailant and why he was at the meeting.
Calm representative Natasha Fernz, when contacted, said she witnessed the incident.
She also claimed that the man had also disrupted the meeting when they (the NGOs) complained that the meeting room, located on the second floor of MPS’s old building, was not conducive for Thanasayan, who is wheelchair bound.
They requested that the venue be changed to another room in MPS’s new building, which was better-equipped with facilities for the disabled.
She claimed that when the request was made, Lim’s alleged assailant and several other council representatives made snide remarks.
Natasha said after they moved to the new meeting room, they asked the council if the dog-catching competition would be cancelled.
She said that when State Assemblyman Datuk Tang See Hang replied that the competition would not be cancelled, all the NGOs except for representative from the SPCA, decided to walk out.
“Some of the MPS representatives started to shout at us, asking us to sit down. This was when Lim’s alleged attacker tried to stop Thanasayan from leaving, but he was held back by several people.
He even threatened to hit Thanasayan,” claimed Natasha.
She added that the incident continued outside when she saw the man hitting Lim.
She said Thanasayan and Surin had also lodged a police report on the incident.
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