SEREMBAN: After the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah two weeks ago, another underage boy was shot by a policeman near here early this morning.
Mohd Azizi Aziz, 17, who was riding a motorcyle, was shot in the stomach while trying to flee at Jalan Seremban-Jelebu, near Ampangan, 5km from here.
Negeri Sembilan police chief SAC 1 Osman Salleh promptly reprimanded the policeman for his “unjustifiable” act, saying it was “an abuse of power”.
Osman said based on preliminary investigation, Azizi was hanging out with about 20 friends near the Centre Point Shopping Complex at Jalan Siamang Gagap.
When they saw a patrol car approaching them at 3.30am, they fled in different directions. Two policemen in their patrol car pursued Azizi and ordered him to stop.
Azizi refused but rode towards Jalan Jelebu, near Ampangan. The patrol car gave chase and the policemen repeatedly warned Azizi to stop.
“During the chase at Jalan Jelebu, Azizi was riding his motorcycle in a zig-zag manner to avoid being caught,” Osman told a press conference.
"When the victim refused to stop after several warnings, one of the policemen fired a warning shot.
"But he didn't realise that the shot had hit Azizi until they cornered him at the Kampung Ujung Pasir junction, about 2km from the shopping complex," he said.
Azizi, who helps out at a night market here, apparently stopped his motorcycle at the junction and tried to flee on foot. But the policemen managed to nab him.
It was then that the policemen realised that Azizi had been hit in the stomach and immediately sent him to the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital.
'Boy not a threat'
Osman didn't mince his word. “The action of the policeman was unjustifiable,” he said.
“The policeman should not have opened fire when the victim was fleeing on his motorcycle. The boy was not a threat to him.”
“Besides, the policeman did not comply with the standard operating procedure on the discharge of firearm.
"For me, this is an abuse of power as the lives of the policemen were not threatened.
“We have suspended the policeman because he has also violated the standard operating procedure on when to open fire," said Osman.
The policeman, from the Rahang police station, near here, has been in the service for the past one and a half years.
Osman expressed regret over the action of the policeman and apologised to Azizi's parents.
Meanwhile, Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop, who visited Azizi at the hospital today, said he viewed matter seriously and has instructed the police to conduct a thorough investigation.
"I'm relieved that the boy is in stable condition and would like to extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
" There will be no compromise. If we found the policeman is negligent in his duty, he has to face the law,” said Abu Seman.
Earlier, when FMT visited the hospital, it was informed by Azizi's family that the boy was still undergoing surgery.
1 comment:
i wonder how many shots was fired.
If he is using the new walther , it can load up to 15 rounds.
"They didn't know the shot had hit him until they caught him"
Means the police was shooting blindly.
The Seremban police chief did the right thing and not afraid to admit mistakes.
He did not even spin the story that it was dark and the rider might cause mishap to other road users.
A world apart from his pathetic counterpart from Selangor and his chief musang.
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