KUALA LUMPUR, 27 JANUARY, 2012: Eye-witnesses of the incident during the Anything But Umno (ABU) and Hindraf ceramah gatecrash incident lodged a police report today over a victim who was beaten up by a group of youth during the talk in Jalan Kebun on Saturday.

The two eye-witnesses, Enalini Devi Elumalai (pic) and Sivaranjani Mancikam made the report at the Dang Wangi police station around 3.30pm today.

"We view this incident as serious and a danger to security.

"We also believe that if the police had came earlier and took serious initiative to control the situation, the scuffle and attack towards the victim would have been avoided," said the eye-witnesses when met by reporters outside the police station.

One of eye-witnesses, Enalini, said they had made the report voluntarily to assist the police in doing their job and bring those who are responsible for the attack to justice.

Recalling the incident, she said she was in her car when saw the victim being pulled by the group and beaten up until he was severely injured.

She said the group had arrived at ceramah venue on motorcycles and hurled harsh words at the participants, where they even knocked on her car and told her to leave.

Enalini said one of the motorcyclists had also donned a white "Umno-BN Selamanya" t-shirt, and also 30 others standing on the roadside holding blue Barisan Nasional flags screaming "Get out of here! Don't do the ceramah!"

"I want this case to be investigated by the police who are neutral and we hope that investigations will be done fairly and accordingly," she added.

On Saturday, a rowdy mob had gatecrashed a ceramah organized by ABU and Hindraf in Jalan Kebun, Shah Alam, causing at least one person to be seriously injured.

According to a report, the organizers said that one of the volunteers at the ceramah had to be rushed to the hospital after he was badly assaulted.

The incident is said to have happened at about 9:15pm as the ceramah was about to start when some 20 attackers, waving sticks and helmets, rode their motorcycles into the ceramah hall and rammed into the participants and chairs.

Others who had followed on foot had allegedly ’caused havoc’ by tossing chairs, throwing away ABU brochures and hurling racist insults at participants, demanding for them to leave.

- mD