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The family of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah, who was shot dead by the police in a car chase three years ago, wants justice.

Producing a letter from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak that promised her “justice and transparency” in pursuing her son’s killers, Norsiah Mohamad charged today that none of this has been fulfilled.

“Is my son a stray cat - just shoot and throw him away?” Norsiah Mohamad asked reporters gathered at a lawyer’s office in Petaling Jaya.

“If you are not diligent in fulfilling your promises, how can you be the prime minister?”

NONE Norsiah ( right ) charged that the  government has failed to hold anyone accountable, as the only assailant answerable for Aminulrasyid’s death, Corporal Jenain Subi, was acquitted by the Court of Appeal last month .

Helped by lawyers N Surendran and Latheefa Koya, the family will now launch a public campaign to seek justice.

Surendran, who is also a PKR vice-president, said the prosecution botched up the case, for new documents on police operating procedures shot holes in Jenain’s defence that the police have the right to open fire at vehicles attempting to evade them.

Surendran said the family now wants the attorney-general to urge the Court of Appeal to review its decision.

On April 26, 2010 - less than four months short of his 15th birthday - Aminulrasyid was killed in Shah Alam, while fleeing from the police in a car sometime between 1.10am and 2am.

The High Court had held that the 30 shots fired were meant to stop the vehicle and Jenain, the only police officer brought to trial, was later acquitted as the judge said he had no intention to kill Aminulrasyid.

The Court of Appeal on Nov 26 upheld the 2012 High Court decision to free Jenain. He was in 2011 found guilty and sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a Sessions Court judge.

A three-member Court of Appeal panel chaired by Justice Balia Yusof Wahi unanimously dismissed the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court decision to set Jenain, 50, free.

‘What is the meaning of fairness?’

In the earlier letter to the family dated May 7, 2010, Najib had promised that the government would carry out investigations with “fairness, transparency and as soon as possible in pursuit of justice for all”.

“What is the meaning of fairness and transparency when the outcome is very disappointing for all?” Norsiah said.

“It was clearly a biased trial, with no justice at all for my son.”

Surendran said that the case warrants public attention as well, since the Court of Appeal decision has set a dangerous precedent.

“The review is important, not just for the sake of justice for Aminulrasyid but also that we have a law... the police cannot just open fire, this is unprecedented. No country in the world allows it, our country doesn’t allow it,” Surendran said.

“This is not about vengeance but justice... to ensure the safety of all Malaysians.”

NONE Surendran said the Inspector-General’s Standing Order (IGSO) on the lawful use of firearms byb the police only recently became public knowledge, when part of it was read out at the KL High Court during the trial of another police shooting case, that of Norizan Saleh ( left in photo ) vs the Malaysian government.

Norizan, 34, survived five gunshot wounds on her chest and wrist when policemen opened fire on her car she was travelling in along Middle Ring Road II in Kuala Lumpur in 2009.

She filed a civil suit last year, claiming general damages and specific damages of RM18,000 for surgery at Institut Jantung Negara and for having a damaged lung removed.

Reading out the IGSO, Surendran noted that police procedures said “that firearms can be discharged only where the lives of police personnel or the public are threatened”.

In the case of Aminulrasyid, the defendants had not proven that the teenager posed any danger to the pursuing police officers.

“I will support a campaign to find justice so that this will not happen to others,” said Aminulrasyid’s eldest sister Nor Azura Amzah, who was also at the press conference.

Nor Azura, 43, is the eldest child in the family and has eight siblings, with Aminulrasyid being the youngest.

'No one has come forward to apologise'

Aminulrasyid’s mother said that despite her demands over the years, no one from the police force, including Jenain, have come forward to apologise for the so-called accidental shooting.

Instead, she has had to endure all kinds of slander against her and her dead son.

The boy from Shah Alam was killed not far from his home, which showed that the police fired repeatedly at the Proton Iswara he was driving even as he attempted to rush back to safety, Norsiah said.

“The tree, which marked the spot where he was killed, is still there. Every time I leave the house, I am reminded...” Norsiah said, holding back her tears.

“His friends are already starting to go into universities... but my son, he is gone... just like that.”

Norsiah also charged that Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar, who was a Selangor chief police officer at that time, had tried to paint a negative picture of Aminulrasyid to shed responsibility for the killing.

However, no conclusive evidence was presented in court that the teenager was even armed with parang (butcher knives) that night. Aminulrasyid was killed by a bullet to the head.

azlan Another schoolboy, Azamuddin Omar, 15, who was in the car with Aminulrasyid that night, had claimed that he was assaulted by the police.

Displaying that she has yet to reach closure on her son’s death, Norsiah said Aminulrasyid sometimes spoke to her in her dreams.

“Why are people saying I am a bad mother? I am not looking for sympathy but Allah knows, and I know that my son is innocent,” Norsiah said.

Surendran, who is the MP for Padang Serai, meanwhile pledged that he would kick up a fuss in Parliament over this unresolved murder as soon as his suspension time was served.