Glenmarie shooting was murder, says lawyer
According to the post-mortem report, at least one of the three youths was kneeling when police shot him, N Surendran tells reporters.
(Free Malaysia Today) – It was murder in cold blood, according to a lawyer for the families of three youths whom police shot dead in Glenmarie last year.
Addressing a press conference at the PKR headquarters here, N Surendran produced a report of the post-mortem examinations on two of the youths, Syamil Hafiz Shafie, 15, and Mohd Khairul Nizam Tuah, 20.
Police shot them at close range, he said.
“The report also indicates that Syamil was shot on the forehead at a 45-degree angle,” he added. “That can only happen if the boy was kneeling when he was gunned down,” said Surendran.
The shooting happened last November. Police said they shot Syamil, Khairul and Mohd Hanafi Omar, 22, from a distance. They alleged that the three were members of a criminal gang called Geng Minyak and that the shooting occurred after they had robbed a petrol station.
The police said they shot the youths after they had tried to attack them with a parang.
Surendran rejected the police version. “Syamil had gunshot residues on his shirt,” he said. “Residue can only be transferred if shots were fired at a close range.”
He said Hairul was shot on the left side of his head.
“The police version of what transpired is not consistent with the post-mortem report, unless the police have bullets that can curve through the air.”
Surendran challenged the police to prove him wrong.
“The police are also unable to show the parang the youths allegedly used against them,” he said.
