A witness in the Aminulrasyid Amzah shooting case today said that he helped hide the clothes worn by key witness Azamuddin Omar.

NONE Mohd Zubir Salleh, who goes to the same school as Azamuddin ( left ), said the latter had asked for his help to 'keep' his clothes he wore the previous night when Aminulrasyid was shot.

Mohd Zubir said he met Azamuddin just outside school at around 7.20am on Apr 26, and noticed that his friend looked troubled.

"I greeted him and we started chatting. He asked me to get the guys together and meet at the toilet," he told the Shah Alam sessions court.

"We met in the toilet after the school assembly, and he told us that Aminulrasyid was dead.

"It was quick, I don't think it took him more than 10 minutes but there was a lot of crying," he said during re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar.

Mohd Zubir said it was in the toilet where Azamuddin then passed him a plastic bag containing the latter's clothes from the night before, for safe-keeping.

Mohd Zubir said he later kept it hidden behind a zinc sheet in an alley some 20 metres from his home in Section 11, fearing that his mother might come across the clothes if he brought it home.

Earlier when cross-examined by defence counsel M Athimulan, the 15-year-old said he did not know if there was blood on Azamuddin's clothes as he never opened the plastic bag.

He however cooperated with forensics police, who he said came by his home at around 1am on Apr 27, and showed them where he stashed away Azamuddin's clothes.

'Aminulrasyid drove a little'

Mohd Zubir, who has been friends with both Azamuddin and Aminulrasyid  since primary school, told the court that he had seen Aminulrasyid in the driver's seat before, albeit within a housing area.

NONE When Athimulan asked him whose car he saw Aminulrasyid ( left ) drive, he said "my car", to the amusement of the gallery.

When asked again, Mohd Zubir was more specific, saying that the car belonged to his elder brother.

The straight-talking youth however drew chuckles from judge Latifah Mohd Tahar when replying to another question from Athimulan, who asked if he had ever advised Aminulrasyid against driving without a license.

"But I don't have a license too," he said nervously, sparking short fits of laughter all round the courtroom.

The judge later light-heartedly advised the boy against driving without a license, telling him that it was against the law.

The trial has been adjourned to Dec 6.

There are six witnesses to go, including Azamuddin. The other witnesses to be called include investigating officers ASP Ahmad Fauzi Mohamed Zin and ASP Abdul Halim Ismail.

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