The police officers who shot dead three men in Malacca last week should be charged with murder, a lawyer representing the victims’ families said today.
Speaking to Malaysiakini, Rajesh Nagarajan refuted the police version of the event, which claimed the men had attacked the police officers with machetes and caused serious injuries to one of them.
“With reference to the forensic audio analyst’s report, which states that no such incident was recorded from the moment the car was stopped, I am of the opinion that this must be a pure fabrication by the police.
“The audio is clear, the evidence is clear; the police had the three individuals in their custody for more than 10 minutes before the three individuals were shot and murdered.
“The police officers in Malacca must be charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder,” he said.
‘Attacked with machetes’
According to media reports, a police team had shot dead three men in an oil palm plantation in Durian Tunggal, Malacca, on Nov 23.
Malacca police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar reportedly said police had opened fire on the three men, who were allegedly involved in armed robberies, after they attacked a police officer with machetes.
The officer was said to have suffered serious injuries to his left hand and almost lost his life.
The case also gained the attention of Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director M Kumar, who visited the corporal at the Malacca Hospital on Nov 25.
However, families of the deceased men had since rejected the police’s account of the incident.
During a press conference yesterday, they cited an alleged audio recording of the incident, where the trio could be heard cooperating with the police as they were being detained.
Following this, Kumar issued a statement announcing that Bukit Aman will take over the case and vowed a “transparent, fair, and professional investigation”. - Mkini
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