Cops killed youths on purpose, says lawyer

Even lawyers dare not bring it to court. Only an independent royal commission can really find out the whole truth.

There are video testaments from witnesses regarding these bullet trajectories. Only the police don't want to investigate further.

Remember that these are Malays, and UMNO does not want to protect these Malays.

Even if they were truly petrol station robbers, THEY DON'T ALL DESERVE TO DIE. No matter how heavily armed they are. The only explanation is that they were all KILLED in order to cover up their mistakes.

As it turned out, they were only armed with machettes. Do you have to shoot to kill, especially AT THE HEADS!!!!


These Malay boys were killed while pleading for their lives. Where is UMNO in defending the rights of these Malays? UMNO is more interested in defending their stomachs!!!!


"Selangor acting police chief Datuk A. Thaiveegan reportedly defended his officers’ actions by describing the three suspected robbers as “seasoned criminals” who were allegedly involved in at least three armed robberies in Selangor last week.

He claimed that the police shot the suspects in self-defence as they had allegedly rushed to attack the policemen with machetes after a car chase at about 4.10am on November 13.


The lawyer also said the trajectory of the bullets on Hairul’s body indicated that Hairul’s shooter had shot him from a higher position.

“This indicates that the victims were kneeling. Hairul also had a black eye,” said Surendran."

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LAWYERS FOR LIBERTY

Cops killed youths on purpose, says lawyer
20/11/2010
By The Malaysian Insider

PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 — The families of two of the three youths shot dead on November 13 after being suspected of robbing a petrol station claimed that they were killed by police in cold blood.

Mohd Shamil Hafiz Shapiei, 15, Hairul Nizam Tuah, 20, and Mohd Hanafi Omar, 22, were shot dead by the police after a reported high-speed car chase in the early morning of November 13 in Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

“This was a gangland-style execution by police officers,” said lawyer N. Surendran (picture), who represented Shamil’s and Hairul’s families, at a press conference at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters today.

“We have gathered enough evidence,” he added.

The lawyer said the latest shooting underscored the importance of a royal commission of inquiry, following the case of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah who was fatally shot by the police in Shah Alam on April 26.

“No child is safe on our streets. Any child out early in the morning is liable to be shot by the police,” said Surendran.

“We need a royal commission (of inquiry),” he added.

Selangor acting police chief Datuk A. Thaiveegan reportedly defended his officers’ actions by describing the three suspected robbers as “seasoned criminals” who were allegedly involved in at least three armed robberies in Selangor last week.

He claimed that the police shot the suspects in self-defence as they had allegedly rushed to attack the policemen with machetes after a car chase at about 4.10am on November 13.

Surendran, however, dismissed such claims as lies.

“This is a lie by the police,” said the human rights lawyer.

He pointed out that based on the families’ observations of the bodies, Shamil, Hairul and Hanafi each sported two gunshot wounds on their heads and chests.

“All three were shot in the head and chest with bullets exiting lower,” said Surendran.

“This shows the shots were fired at close range, which is inconsistent (with police claims) that the shots were fired in self-defence,” he added.

The lawyer also said the trajectory of the bullets on Hairul’s body indicated that Hairul’s shooter had shot him from a higher position.

“This indicates that the victims were kneeling. Hairul also had a black eye,” said Surendran.

“Shamil was shot directly in the centre of his forehead,” he added.

The lawyer said the families’ legal team would seek the opinion of forensic pathologists on the case.

“We’ll ask for an appointment with forensic pathologists from Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang,” said Surendran.
Norhafizah breaks down in tears at the police station.

He added that Shamil’s and Hairul’s families are demanding for the policemen responsible for the youths’ deaths to be suspended and charged with murder.

“The families want the policemen suspended and charged for the offence of murder. This was blue murder by the police,” said Surendran.

“They also want an apology for accusing them (the youth) of being criminals,” said the lawyer.

Both families filed police reports at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters today, claiming that the two boys were murdered by the police.

“Tomorrow is Shamil’s birthday,” said his mother Norhafizah Mad Razali, before breaking down in tears.

In her police report, the 36-year-old businesswoman said her son did not have any criminal record and did not know how to drive a car.

“My son was a good boy who went for religious classes,” said Norhafizah.

Meanwhile, Subang MP R. Sivarasa called for an independent investigation into the deaths and for the police officers to be charged.

“We’ll ask the government to set up a royal commission of inquiry. I’ll bring this up in Parliament,” said Sivarasa.

“But the first step is to charge those murderers. How many more cases like this do we have to see?” he asked.

Besides Aminulrasyid, a second case involving the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Mohd Afham Arin in Johor Baru on October 20 last year has also surfaced after the victim’s mother recently demanded an independent commission to investigate the case.

According to human rights group Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), 88 people died in police shootings last year.

The NGO also claimed that not even one police officer was held accountable and that the high number of deaths in 2009 was “alarming”, considering that there were only 13 such cases in the previous two years.
UPDATED @ 02:00:12 PM 20-11-2010
By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider
November 20, 2010

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6 Responses to Cops killed youths on purpose, says lawyer

1.
charleskiwi on 21/11/2010 at 7:13 AM

I am sure you have heard of the saying, ‘ Dead man tells no lies ‘ !
Isn’t that what the Malaysian police force is good at and they can then
claim anything they wish to.
2.
mamak on 21/11/2010 at 1:18 PM

mat rempit cum polis,what u expect from the useless ones, when b comes a polis.
3.
casper on 21/11/2010 at 4:04 PM

If I may, current trend looks like this ie Indians’ die by the bunch while in custody whereas Malays more apt to meet the same fate, like in this instance, while out perusing/rempiting, especially while driving !!!!

In an earlier post elsewhere, I had questioned what deadly shot we have, all ‘em police coming out of Pulapol but why is it no medal or honour in competition but dead shots(right in the middle of a victims skull) in an allege crime investigation – complete with the usual sop tell tales signs that warrants a shootout ie parang, victims attacked first, car or bike used as battering ram etc – I guess we would need a minister’s son or royalty shot dead before an investigative commission can be formed to prod further.

As it is, the inquest surrounding Amirulrashid’s death raise a stinker but still the blue wall persist to hold !
4.
SETIA on 21/11/2010 at 6:26 PM

Its so URGENT that a Royal Commission of Inquiry be held into shooting to death by PDRM officers- all the cases seem the same -polis chase victims car, car ambushed, victims attack polis or shot at polis and polis shoot to kill in defence,then weapons of victims displayed.
To many have died -while all agree polis have a duty to to stop criminals surely do they really have to shoot to dead all they chase-why no chance for criminals to surrender?
Lets appeal to DYMM Agung for a Royal Commission of Inquiry on this very grave and urgent matter that concern all in the Country.
5.
2nd class on 21/11/2010 at 8:20 PM

The criminals deserve to die. Lawyer are just for publicity.
6.
sword of justice on 22/11/2010 at 10:01 AM

Where is justice????? Are the men in blue murderers and child killers????The Police chief said the boys were “seasoned criminals”!!!! The streets are not safe for our kids compared to New York. All in all, the men in blue are actually COWARDS!!! FIND HARD CORE CRIMINALS AND KILL THEM-LAH!!!!!Are they comparable to Botak Chin who even sent a wreath for Tun Razak when the latter died of leukemia? The public trust and respect for the men in blue has gone kaput!!! Besides, compared to the neighboring countries, the men in blue are less educated and hardly understand English!The crux of the question is “CAN WE TRUST THE MEN IN BLUE TO FULLY PROTECT US? AFTER ALL OUR TEX MONEY GOES TO THEIR PAY PACJETS!! WHAT HAS THE PM AND HIS COUSIN THE HOME MINISTER HAVE TO SAY OR COMMENT ON THIS? WHAT ABOUT THE IGP? IS HE BETTER THAN THE RETIRED ONE?

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