Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet) called for a coroner inquiry into the fatal shooting of five by the police in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, two days ago.
Madpet spokesperson Charles Hector also urged Suhakam to look into the matter.
“What is shocking is that no one was arrested or injured and arrested. Were they in police uniform and an easily identifiable police car?
“(There were) No body cams or video recordings to reveal the truth. All we have, it seems, are the words of the police officers involved in the killing.
“The truth must be independently verified quickly,” he said in a statement on Madpet’s blog.
Extensive criminal records
Yesterday, Bernama reported Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan as saying that five individuals, believed to be part of the “Ninja Van Gang”, were shot dead at 11.30pm the previous night.
He said that the suspects, locals aged between 25 and 30, had extensive criminal records and had been wanted by the police for two years.
The police team spotted a vehicle being driven suspiciously and ordered it to stop for an inspection.
The instruction was ignored and the suspects accelerated the vehicle while firing shots at the police before crashing into the rear of the patrol vehicle, leading to an exchange of gunfire.
Meanwhile, Charles said that the coroner must be assisted by independent investigating officers to discover facts instead of evidence that may have been tampered with.
He cited the case of Syed Mohd Azlan Syed Mohamed Nur’s death in 2014, in which the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission found attempts by the police to obscure and tamper with evidence.
The police investigation into the incident must also be professional, Charles added, saying that police who commit crimes should be prosecuted.
Questioning media reports of the event, he expressed suspicion of the police being “compromised”.
“There has been no mention of investigating the police officers responsible for the killing, whilst attention has been on the ‘justification’ that the five dead victims are ‘bad people’.
“If they are truly suspects of crimes over the past two years, why were they not arrested and investigated? Why were they not charged in court?
“The presumption of innocence applies until one is convicted by the court, so all five deceased should be considered innocent victims,” he said. - Mkini
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