President Yudhoyono calls on Malaysia to punish Indonesian referee`s attackers

[Dashken]

Malaysia is making itself a joke everywhere.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Malaysia to punish its police officers who attacked and beat up Indonesian karate referee Donald Luther Colopita in Kuala Lumpur last week.

"The president expressed sadness because the incident happened while there was good cooperation between two countries. He also asked that the case be taken to court and resolved based on the law in force in Malaysia," Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Adhyaksa Dault said at the presidential office here on Monday.

The minister said the president also asked Indonesian athletes in Malaysia to refrain from emotional oubursts and remain patient over the incident.

Minister Dault said he had received reports from the chairman of the Indonesian Karate Association (Forki), Luhut Pandjaitan, on the chronology of the incident that befell Colopita.

He said Colopita and his colleague Fahri attended a technical meeting on the Asian Karate Championship in Malaysia on Thursday night (Aug. 18). The meeting lasted into the wee hours of Friday. Because there was no taxi, Colopita chose to return to his hotel on foot.

On the way, four men who thought he he was an illegal visitor, approached him. The four men did not produce their IDs and Colopita as an international referee possessing third- or fourth- level Karate skill resisted the men.

Realizing they were no match for Colopita with fighting skill, the four men produced their IDs. Seeing that they were policemen, Colopita stopped resisting but unluckily the police snapped handcuffs on wrists and they beat him up, the minister said.

Minister Dault said Colopita had been admitted to a hospital for the pain he suffered from being beaten up black and blue. "One may not treat even an animal like that," the minister said.

According to Luhut, the minister said, the injuries around the referee`s eyes were hard to treat and the area around his crotch was swollen.

The minister also supported the step taken by Forki to withdraw directly from the Asian championship in protest against the abuse that had befallen the Indonesian referee.

Dault also said he had sent a letter of strong protest to Malaysian Sports Minister Datok Seri Azalina Othman, calling on the Malaysian sports ministry to exert pressure on Malaysian police to fire the attackers.

Source: http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/n...hp?itemid=7600

[PsYkHoTiK]

Wow. That is sadistic... F*ckers.. Nuff said. They should be shot. I pray for their very worst (doubt it will happen though).

[The_YongGrand]

Why the police officers must kick other people? Come on, foreigners should be also treated with respect, because they are human beings too!

Guess that the officers have nothing better to do. Sheesh.

I should suggest that the officers do other stuff than beating up foreigners. What about nabbing those rempit bikers? They are the threat of the roads.

[zy]

dmn policeman! how can you simply beat him up just because he beat you guys up ?

of coz he was in self defence mode when you just grab him without producing ID... he would think he was being rob. dmn policemans. nvr do things right.

[ZuePhok]

wow..ownage..


more here skill to pwn policemen

[Dashken]

Malaysia is gone...

JAKARTA: Anti-Malaysia demonstrations broke out in Indonesian cities after an Indonesian referee was beaten while in Kuala Lumpur for the 8th Asian Karate Championship at the Nilai indoor stadium.

In the East Java capital of Surabaya, dozens of youths conducted a sweep against Malaysian citizens at a local hotel in retaliation for the beating, which allegedly occurred at the hands of police officers.

A report by the detik.com online news service said dozens of youths went to the Garden Palace Hotel, searching for Malaysian badminton players who participated in a local competition.

Before conducting the search, the youths demonstrated outside the East Java regional legislative building, demanding the Indonesian government lodge a protest against the Malaysian police officers’ conduct.

The protestors urged the government to “immediately severe” its diplomatic ties with Malaysia and accused Malaysia of being an “uncivilised nation.”

Indonesian karate referee Donald Luther Kalapita was allegedly assaulted on Friday in Kuala Lumpur by four Malaysian police officers and had to be taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries.

In protest against the beating, Indonesia withdrew from the karate event.

Similar anti-Malaysia rallies took place in North Sumatra’s capital, Medan, and Jakarta, where protestors demanded Kuala Lumpur apologise to Indonesia.

Source: http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/n...hp?itemid=7684

[Chai]

I thought Malaysia 'was' gone.

[Mad1]

Are you happy about what's going on Dashken??

[Dashken]

Originally Posted by Mad1

Are you happy about what's going on Dashken??

Huh? Of course not! There seem to be so many weird things happen to Malaysia recently that no one is coming out to explain them but most seem to brush them aside, etc. And this has been going on and on and on...

Are you happy with that??

[The_YongGrand]

Originally Posted by Dashken

Huh? Of course not! There seem to be so many weird things happen to Malaysia recently that no one is coming out to explain them but most seem to brush them aside, etc. And this has been going on and on and on...

Are you happy with that??

Well, what do you think?