Malaysians Express Anger Over the Killing of Aminulrasyid

By Vijay

Malaysians have expressed anger over the latest killing of Aminulrasyid Amzah, a 15 year old boy in a police chase on Tuesday. On social network sites like Facebook, many express condolences to the mother for her lost. Some are more aggressive in reacting to the incident by pushing for the realization of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

According to Vijay Kumar Murugavell as posted on Facebook, “apart from the urgent need for the IPCMC to be established, we also need to do stringent psychological profiling before firearms can be issued to law enforcers”.

Klang MP, Charles Santiago in his blog stated that a transparent & independent inquiry necessary to investigate the death of Aminulrasyid Amzah.

He wrote in his blog “The case of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah who was shot dead by the police revives long-standing complaints by human rights activists and opposition politicians that Malaysian law men are trigger happy. It caricatures the Malaysian government’s impotence on reining in the police force and reinforces the notion held by Hakam and others who describe these extra-judicial killings as an unofficial shoot-to-kill policy,”.

Among his many postings on Twitter Ipoh Timur MP, Lim Kit Siang suggested that an independent enquiry is the only way to restore public confidence. Kit Siang together with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng went to visit the mother of Aminulrasyid, Norsiah Mohamad at her home in Shah Alam.

Shah Alam MP, Khalid Abdul Samad in his blog is demanding the two main witnesses of the shooting to be protected. One of them happens to be the son of a police officer. According to Khalid the police must guarantee the public that there will be no tampering with the statements given by the two witnesses.

DAP through their Assistant National Publicity Secretary and MP for Serdang, Teo Nie Ching is pushing for the case to be investigated professionally and in a transparent manner to ensure no cover-up and intimidation of witness.

“What is frightening to me in this case is that this isn’t the first time that our police officers have been accused of being trigger-happy in “enforcing” the law. In October 2009, Norizan Salleh was shot five times when the police opened fire at the car she was travelling in with some friends. Her right wrist bone was shattered by two bullets while two other bullets grazed her arm and torso. The last bullet hit her in the middle of her chest, narrowly missing her heart,” he said.

“There have been countless other examples where the police have shot at unarmed, innocent civilians. According to Suaram’s documentation and monitoring, in 2008, there were 44 cases of death by police shooting with possibly more unreported cases,” he added.

Teo then voices DAP’s support for PAS MP Khalid Samad’s view that the witness (Aminulrasyid’s friend) must be protected at all costs and there should be no intimidation of the witness at any time.

Teo also added that when the Human Rights Council in Geneva conducted the Universal Periodic Review in June 2009, Malaysia’s human rights track record came under scrutiny.

“Among HRC’s recommendations was that the Malaysian Government should ensure regular training for representatives of the police force so as to educate them on human rights and the legally-binding nature of international law, and the need to avoid discrimination,” he said.

Source : http://malaysiandigest.com/news/36-local/3303-msians-express-anger-over-the-killing-of-aminul.html