Top 10 facts from the PDRM fatal shootings statistics

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So Uthayakumar was right to say that Indians are disproportionate victims of fatal police shootings




Top 10 facts from the PDRM fatal shootings statistics (2000 – 2009)

1. Lowest number of deaths: 5 (2001);

2. Second lowest number of deaths: 9 (2000);

3. Highest number of deaths: 88 (2009);

4. Second highest number of deaths: 82 (2008);

5. Total number of deaths from 2000 to 2009: 279 victims;

6. The increase from the lowest number of deaths at 5 (2001) to 88 (2009) is 17-fold;

7. Fatality percentages/ numbers according to race/ nationality: Indonesians: 40.5% (113 deaths); Indians: 21.8% (61 deaths); Chinese: 18.6% (52 deaths); and Malays: 15% (42 deaths);

8. So Uthayakumar was right to say that Indians are disproportionate victims of fatal police shootings;

9. The number of deaths without proper identification: 80 victims;

10. A Liberian UNHCR registered refugee/ asylum seeker was killed in 2008, and classified under “Negro”!

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