The family members of the five men who were shot dead by police in Sungai Nibong claimed the bodies of the deceased from the Penang Hospital mortuary last night..
Speaking on behalf of the families, Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer said the families took the bodies lodging police reports at the Northeast district police headquarters in Jalan Pattani.
Rayer said Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar and Penang police chief Abdul Rahman Hanafi should provide more evidence that the five killed did in fact have underworld links and were involved in a recent spate of shootings in various states in the country, as police have claimed.
Rayer questioned why the bodies of the men had multiple bullet wounds when they could not have escaped from the 11th floor of the apartment in Sungai Nibong.
“One of the five men was shot more than once in the head, and the others had fatal gunshot wounds on the chest, neck, face and the head and could not have survived the shooting,” Rayer said when contacted.
“The five men were on the 11th floor of the apartment and definitely could not have escaped anywhere, so it baffles me why the police shot them in the head, chest, face and the neck, instead of their legs or hands.
Speaking on behalf of the families, Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer said the families took the bodies lodging police reports at the Northeast district police headquarters in Jalan Pattani.Rayer said Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar and Penang police chief Abdul Rahman Hanafi should provide more evidence that the five killed did in fact have underworld links and were involved in a recent spate of shootings in various states in the country, as police have claimed.
Rayer questioned why the bodies of the men had multiple bullet wounds when they could not have escaped from the 11th floor of the apartment in Sungai Nibong.
“One of the five men was shot more than once in the head, and the others had fatal gunshot wounds on the chest, neck, face and the head and could not have survived the shooting,” Rayer said when contacted.
“The five men were on the 11th floor of the apartment and definitely could not have escaped anywhere, so it baffles me why the police shot them in the head, chest, face and the neck, instead of their legs or hands.
“Is the IGP saying that the Malaysian police are not professionally trained to effect the arrest of five men in the 11th storey of an apartment, other than shooting them dead?”
Khalid (centre in photo) informed the media yesterday that the police seized three firearms and 15 mobile phones from the scene after the shootout.Khalid said the men were believed to be involved in a recent spate of shootings in Penang, Kedah and Negri Sembilan.
He added that one of them could be the “mastermind” behind the recent cases.
However, the families are unhappy with the police version of the incident and turned up in large numbers at the mortuary yesterday evening to demand answers from the police.
Rayer said the routine practice of showing firearms in a press conference and making allegations that the police acted in self-defence are too stale to be true.
He asked why the police did not arrest the men, who were most likely asleep in the wee hours of the morning when the police ambushed them.
“Why weren’t any warning shots fired?” Rayer asked.
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