A group of senior medical officers issued a statement to the media late today, condemning the authorities over the police's attack on participants in the Bersih 2.0 rally last Saturday that had violated universal recognition of hospitals as a place of sanctuary and are ready to issue affidavits to back their assertions.
Among them were a number who were on duty at the Tung Shin and Chinese Maternity hospitals on Jalan Pudu when these were set upon by the police. The group of senior medical officers condemned the police for entering the hospital buildings in search of some protesters trying to escape from the police crackdown on the peaceful march.
They said that hospitals should be "safe sanctuaries for all" and "consecrated places of refuge and protection" even during war times, the
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