Shooting of teen

KUALA LUMPUR: Only one policeman fired shots during the incident in Shah Alam that took the life of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah, Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said.

Aminul was shot dead when he allegedly tried to reverse the car he was driving into policemen, who had stopped the vehicle in Section 11 in Shah Alam, near here.
This happened around 2am, after Aminul had sped off and ran several red lights before being stopped by patrol cars.

His friend escaped on foot while Aminul allegedly tried to reverse his car into the policemen, in his bid to escape.One of the policemen fired four shots, one of which killed Aminul.

Meanwhile, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said all those entrusted with a firearm – enforcement personnel or licensed holders – should only use their weapons as a last resort and even then, only in self-defence.

She said she could not see any reason why anyone should open fire if their own lives were not in danger.

"A young teenager has been killed in this incident and this is a tragedy.

"Regardless whether it is negligience by the family, that the boy had no licence, or that he was afraid of being checked by the police, extra caution should be practised in the usage of firearms.

"Those licensed to possess firearms must follow standard operating procedures. Opening fire must only be as a last resort and in self-defence," she told reporters at the lobby of Parliament house Wednesday.

Shahrizat said she would ask that a welfare officer be on the special panel set up by the Home Ministry to investigate the incident to enable her ministry to follow the case closely as the victim was a child. The special panel is headed by Deputy Home Minister Datuk Abu Seman Yusop.

There is a need to put camera at the dashboard of police cars nowadays. No one knows what actually happened. By the way, how the police ended up using guns if they can't even aim properly towards the car's tyre within the range of lets say 2 metres? I will put the blame on both sides but the killing should not ever taken place together with the killing of few people by the police that never caught this much attention for the past 15 years- mamalado