Police deny detaining students after Sabah anti-graft rally
Instead, both students were only summoned to give statements regarding a police report they had lodged.
Kota Kinabalu district police chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said the students were called to the police station to provide statements concerning an incident where a student's car was splashed with acid.
He said after providing their statements, police recorded an additional statement from them as part of the investigation into the organisation of the assembly.
"Police have denied the statement made by one of the assembly participants who claimed that his two friends were arrested and assaulted by police.
"He claimed that his friend was beaten, but that is not true. We told them not to go live, record or take pictures. That's what we prohibited. So, there is no issue of assault," he said today.
Kasim said the term "detention" was used because the students were summoned to give statements regarding the peaceful assembly.
"We recorded their statements because one of them was listed as the chairman of the assembly."
In a Facebook post, Mukmin alleged that Suara Mahasiswa Universiti Malaysia Sabah president Fadhil Kasim and Aliff Danial Badrul Akmal Hisham were detained when they went to the Kota Kinabalu police station.
This followed their lodging of a police report after a student's car was doused with acid during the assembly.
Mukmin also claimed that Fadhil reported being subjected to force, including being beaten and yelled at.
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