He said he suffered injuries on the head and hands.

Mohd Na’im Zakaria, 29, who teaches at Sekolah Kebangsaan Simpang 3, Sungai Daun, said he was riding a high-powered motorcycle when he was stopped by the policemen at a roadblock in front of the police station at 10pm.

“I was riding back to my home in Kampung Haji Majid, Guar Cempedak, after attending a wedding reception in Sungai Petani. One of the policemen, a sergeant asked for my licence. He then asked me the capacity of my motorcycle. When I answered he was not satisfied and started scolding and cursing me,” he said at a press conference here today.

Mohd Na’im said the sergeant and a corporal there then handcuffed him and forcibly brought him into the police station lock-up without informing what offence he had committed.

“As soon as we were inside (the lock-up), they started to kick and punch me in the back and dragged me around as though I was a criminal. They continued to curse and mock at my career as a teacher.

“My head was bleeding and my wrists were swollen because they had cuffed me very tightly. I was also held in the lock-up for almost five hours which left me deeply traumatised,” he said.

He added that he lodged a police report at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital police beat base when seeking treatment the next day but there had been no response since then and neither was there any apology from the two policemen.

Kuala Muda police chief Md Zukir Md Isa said an investigation was being conducted for voluntarily causing hurt and also an internal disciplinary probe on the two policemen.

-BERNAMA