Brickfields district police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid had said it was “a clear-cut case” that only involved security personnel and a bodyguard of Nazri’s son.

“From the CCTV footage, it is clear now that the police may have tried to cover-up this case which involves a senior Umno Minister’s son. The police must now explain why they had issued a statement absolving the Minister’s son although the CCTV footage had implicated him,” Surendran said in a statement.

The PKR leader said that inaction over Nedim’s case proved police were prepared to “abuse their powers” to protect and defend Umno-Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders.

“We call upon the police to explain why this case was classified as the minor offence of affray under Section 160 of the Penal Code, when in fact the security supervisor had clearly stated in his police report that he had been assaulted and force had been used upon him,” said Surendran, adding that the CCTV footage now “backed” PKR’s claims.

He said the case should now be re-classified as assault in the use of criminal force and causing hurt under Penal Code sections 321, 350 and 351, and that the case should be transferred from the Brickfields police district headquarters to an independent investigation team.

“We further ask that an investigation be launched against Brickfields police district chief OCPD Wan Abdul Bari for abuse of power and failure to carry out a fair and impartial investigation.

“We call upon the Home Minister and the Inspector-General of Police to publicly guarantee to the rakyat that the police force will act fairly and impartially in all cases, including those involving wrongdoing by Umno-BN leaders or their family members,” the PKR man stressed.