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Yesterday, a Kuala Terengganu Sessions Court judge denied bail for two civilians who were targets of live bullets fired by the police during the Sept 8 Batu Burok Incident.

The duo were charged with unlawful assembly and voluntarily causing hurt to a policeman.

December 14, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) expressed its disappointment with the authorities' decision to charge the two individuals, namely Suwandi Ghani and Muhammad Azlan, on Dec 9, for allegedly causing injury to policeman Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Omar.

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the Suhakam Commissioner who heads the commission's open inquiry panel, said c harging the duo just four days before the probe was "very disappointing"

Section 12 (2) and (3) of the Suhakam Act 1999 states that the commission shall not inquire into any complaint relating to any allegation of the infringement of human rights which is the subject matter of any proceedings pending in any court, including appeals or has been finally determined by any court.

December 13, I spoke during a petition session at the Suhakam, chaired by Commissioner Dato' Choo Siew Kioh, that my interview by the Bukit Aman CCID in relation to my live commentaries over Al-Jazeera on Nov 10 was also skewed to the live bullets issue.

In a memorandum to Suhakam, my comrades at DAP related in details to a spate of stampeding on human rights as exemplified in various fear-inducing tactics employed by the Abdullah Administration, the Attorney-General and the Police over the last few days and months.

We are still awaiting for Suhakam's reaction.