Inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar is questioning the court's findings even though he had often repeatedly warned that no one should question the verdict of the court, said lawyer N Surendran, who represents slain teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah's family.
"What he's doing now, he's trying to contradict the finding of the court despite not having given evidence (in court).
"It's very strange. This is the same individual who, on other occasions, said nobody can question the verdict of the court, (and) it's seditious to do so, (like) in the Anwar Ibrahim case.
"That same individual is now openly and publicly defying the findings of the Shah Alam High Court. It's an astonishing act of defiance against the verdict of the High Court," Surendran, who is also PKR's Padang Serai MP, told Malaysiakini today.
He was responding to the IGP's insistence earlier today that he would not apologise to Aminulrasyid's family because he had made his statement at that time "based on the facts of the case".
On Thursday, the Shah Alam High Court had found Khalid, who was Selangor chief police officer at that time, liable for public misfeasance in the case of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid's death.
This is because Khalid had said in a statement the day after Aminulrasyid was shot dead in a car chase with the police that a parang (machete) was found in the car.
In its decision, the court had said that they had found no evidence of the parang based on the evidence and testimonies during the trial.
In his remarks earlier today, Khalid claimed that there were records that showed the parang had been sent to the laboratory to be examined.
He added that he should not be faulted if the court did not discuss the issue of the parang during the trial.
Surendran slammed the IGP for his insolence, pointing out that Khalid did not come forward and testify in court, even though he was named as one of the defendants.
The IGP's failure to testify in the suit was brought up by the judge when giving his decision, Surendran added.
"In other words, the judge made an adverse inference against the IGP for failing to testify in the suit.
"The IGP should not be producing all kinds of explanation now … when he had every opportunity to do so in court during the trial.
"There is no point in him coming up with these excuses now. The court of law has found him guilty of misfeasance," he said.
Surendran said the IGP’s unrepentance is causing more grief to Aminulrasyid’s family.
The Shah Alam High Court on Thursday had ordered the defendants, including Khalid, in the civil suit to pay a total of RM414,800 in damages to Aminulrasyid's family.
The civil suit was filed by the family to claim damages for Aminulrasyid's death, allegedly due to gunshot wounds to the head, caused by police negligence.
In November 2013, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision to acquit and discharge Corporal Jenain Subi on a charge of causing Aminulrasyid's death when he pursued the latter in a car chase along Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11, Shah Alam, between 1.10am and 2am on April 26, 2010, and discharged 21 gunshots.
Besides Khalid, the other defendants named were Jenain, the Shah Alam district police chief, and the Malaysian government. -Mkini
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