COMMENT | It was widely reported in the media that the police had fired a shot at three suspected robbers - aged between 24 and 29 - in Durian Tunggal, Malacca, on Nov 24 last year, causing their deaths.

In justifying the shooting, Malacca police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar defended his team’s actions by alleging that the incident caused a corporal, in his early 30s, to suffer severe injuries to his left arm.

Whilst the severe injuries suffered by our police personnel are to be deeply regretted, the death of the three suspected criminals should be equally mourned as well.

At this juncture, it would be unfair and premature to claim whose version of the incident was right. After all, the case is...