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VIDEO: LOCAL SINGAPOREANS COMPLAIN OF POLICE BRUTALITY AT THAIPUSAM PROCESSION[/h]
Post date:
4 Feb 2015 - 10:16am

Dear TRS,
I was at the Thaipusam procession on Tuesday morning when I saw this incident of police brutality.
There was a ban on all musical instruments for the event as they wanted to reduce disturbance to surrounding residents.
However, we have been playing the drums for decades of attending Thaipusam and we also have no problem at all as long as it is day time.
I think what started was a complaint by a Pinoy family with a young child who is crying which caused the parents to told the local Indians to stop playing the urumi as it is causing the child to cry.
However, one group of people ignored their feedback and had started playing the urumi and SPF and auxiliary police officers immediately descended upon the group.
There were about 15 different officers and many of them actually kicked the guy who was playing the urumi.
It looked like there was an argument and some of the officers as well as the man who was playing the instrument had hurled vulgarities.
At one point, a male officer grabbed a woman’s neck and pushed her slightly out of the way. It looked like the woman was the wife of the man playing the urumi.
The officers then proceeded to make a human barrier to cordon off the area where the man was playing to clear the way of other festival goers.
I don’t understand why they were so rough. Are police even allowed to kick citizens or push them around by putting their hands near their necks?
Here are some videos of the incident:
A clear video of the brutality: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934964853215349
Video showing the crowd of people being pushed away by police: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934900199888481
Singaporean
TRS Contributor
Editor’s Note:
We have forwarded this to the police for clarification on what the dispute was about.
VIDEO: LOCAL SINGAPOREANS COMPLAIN OF POLICE BRUTALITY AT THAIPUSAM PROCESSION[/h]
Post date:
4 Feb 2015 - 10:16am
Dear TRS,
I was at the Thaipusam procession on Tuesday morning when I saw this incident of police brutality.
There was a ban on all musical instruments for the event as they wanted to reduce disturbance to surrounding residents.
However, we have been playing the drums for decades of attending Thaipusam and we also have no problem at all as long as it is day time.
I think what started was a complaint by a Pinoy family with a young child who is crying which caused the parents to told the local Indians to stop playing the urumi as it is causing the child to cry.
However, one group of people ignored their feedback and had started playing the urumi and SPF and auxiliary police officers immediately descended upon the group.
There were about 15 different officers and many of them actually kicked the guy who was playing the urumi.
It looked like there was an argument and some of the officers as well as the man who was playing the instrument had hurled vulgarities.
At one point, a male officer grabbed a woman’s neck and pushed her slightly out of the way. It looked like the woman was the wife of the man playing the urumi.
The officers then proceeded to make a human barrier to cordon off the area where the man was playing to clear the way of other festival goers.
I don’t understand why they were so rough. Are police even allowed to kick citizens or push them around by putting their hands near their necks?
Here are some videos of the incident:
A clear video of the brutality: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934964853215349
Video showing the crowd of people being pushed away by police: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934900199888481
Singaporean
TRS Contributor
Editor’s Note:
We have forwarded this to the police for clarification on what the dispute was about.