Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein wants the people to be fair and not have negative perception of the police force.
He said the death of Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, on Monday should not have been extensively discussed by the public and it had created prejudice towards the police.
"An independent panel to monitor police investigation will be formed. We symphatise with what happened and want justice to take its course," he was reported by Bernama as saying in Raub, Pahang, today.
Hishammuddin (right) urged all quarters to wait for the outcome of the investigation and to stop speculating or politicising the issue.
He criticised some quarters for never once having issued statements in favour of the police.
"People are angry when a member of public is shot but the same can't be said when police are shot. They have no sympathy at all. Is there a difference between the life of the public and police officer?"
Aminulrasyid (left) was shot dead in the early hours of Monday, April 29, after allegedly acting 'suspiciously' and refusing to abide by police orders to stop.
Senior police officers initially said the teenager was shot after it looked like he was trying to reverse into members of the patrol unit.
This, however, has been denied by a witness - Aminulrasyid's neighbour Zafrullah Ahmad Zainal Abidin - who said the car the teenager was driving did not move after it was shot at and crashed into a tree 100 metres from his house.
Aminulrasyid's friend, who was with him at the time of the incident but managed to escape on foot, later that day lodged a police report.
Primary witness recalled
He was interviewed the following Wednesday by police for about three hours in connection with the case.
The same witness was today recalled by the police to record his statement for the second time.
Also called was the deceased's sister - Tuty Shaninza Anom Amzah - for her statement to be recorded at the Selangor police headquarters in Section 9, Shah Alam, at 11.30am.
Confirming this today was the first witness' lawyer, Farhana Abdul Halim, who accompanied him and two other lawyers, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri and N Surendran.
Last Wednesday, the police had taken the statement of Aminulrasyid's mother - Norsiah Mohamad (right) - and his sister - Norazura Amzah - as well as the latter's husband Muzaffar Mahali.
It was reported yesterday that attorney-general Abdul Ghani Patail had returned the investigation papers on the April 29 incident to the police for further investigations.
Meanwhile, New Straits Times reported sources saying that almost 20 shots were fired at the Proton Iswara Aminulrasyid was driving, though only one hit the teenager.
A source familiar with the case said most of the shots hit the bottom part of the car and the car tyres, said the report.
“Forensic personnel are believed to have recovered more than 10 bullet casings from various locations during the 6km chase from Section 7 to Section 11 in Shah Alam,” said NST.
It also said that the Iswara was not involved or related to any criminal case.
“There was one corporal and one auxiliary police constable in each of the two mobile patrol vehicles that pursued Aminulrasyid in the chase.”
Witnesses claimed that the tyres were already flat during the chase and there were sparks from the left rim, the report said further.
It is understood that an official forensic report will be released tomorrow.
He said the death of Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, on Monday should not have been extensively discussed by the public and it had created prejudice towards the police."An independent panel to monitor police investigation will be formed. We symphatise with what happened and want justice to take its course," he was reported by Bernama as saying in Raub, Pahang, today.
Hishammuddin (right) urged all quarters to wait for the outcome of the investigation and to stop speculating or politicising the issue.
He criticised some quarters for never once having issued statements in favour of the police.
"People are angry when a member of public is shot but the same can't be said when police are shot. They have no sympathy at all. Is there a difference between the life of the public and police officer?"
Aminulrasyid (left) was shot dead in the early hours of Monday, April 29, after allegedly acting 'suspiciously' and refusing to abide by police orders to stop. Senior police officers initially said the teenager was shot after it looked like he was trying to reverse into members of the patrol unit.
This, however, has been denied by a witness - Aminulrasyid's neighbour Zafrullah Ahmad Zainal Abidin - who said the car the teenager was driving did not move after it was shot at and crashed into a tree 100 metres from his house.
Aminulrasyid's friend, who was with him at the time of the incident but managed to escape on foot, later that day lodged a police report.
Primary witness recalled
He was interviewed the following Wednesday by police for about three hours in connection with the case.
The same witness was today recalled by the police to record his statement for the second time.
Also called was the deceased's sister - Tuty Shaninza Anom Amzah - for her statement to be recorded at the Selangor police headquarters in Section 9, Shah Alam, at 11.30am.
Confirming this today was the first witness' lawyer, Farhana Abdul Halim, who accompanied him and two other lawyers, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri and N Surendran.
Last Wednesday, the police had taken the statement of Aminulrasyid's mother - Norsiah Mohamad (right) - and his sister - Norazura Amzah - as well as the latter's husband Muzaffar Mahali.It was reported yesterday that attorney-general Abdul Ghani Patail had returned the investigation papers on the April 29 incident to the police for further investigations.
Meanwhile, New Straits Times reported sources saying that almost 20 shots were fired at the Proton Iswara Aminulrasyid was driving, though only one hit the teenager.
A source familiar with the case said most of the shots hit the bottom part of the car and the car tyres, said the report.
“Forensic personnel are believed to have recovered more than 10 bullet casings from various locations during the 6km chase from Section 7 to Section 11 in Shah Alam,” said NST.
It also said that the Iswara was not involved or related to any criminal case.“There was one corporal and one auxiliary police constable in each of the two mobile patrol vehicles that pursued Aminulrasyid in the chase.”
Witnesses claimed that the tyres were already flat during the chase and there were sparks from the left rim, the report said further.
It is understood that an official forensic report will be released tomorrow.
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