The passenger who was with 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah when he was shot dead by police last week, has cast doubts over a police allegation that the latter had had tried to ram the car into police personnel.

 

"When he was shot, his body fell on my lap, but his foot was still on the accelerator. So the car continued moving and the police kept on firing shots," he told a press conference at Aminulrasyid's family home in Shah Alam this afternoon.

NONE Recounting the incident, Azamuddin Omar ( centre in pix ), 15, said the Proton Iswara eventually crashed into a wall, after which the police continued shooting.

This was his first public statement on the incident.

 

Azamuddin, who sustained injuries on his arm and back, said more than five police officers assaulted him after he got out of the car to surrender.

 

NONE The Form Three student, who appeared still shaken, is undergoing treatment for trauma.

Asked why Aminul had not stopped the car, Azamuddin said: "He was scared and said he wanted to go home.

"He said that we were in his sister's car and that he wanted to return it to his house."

The car crashed about 200m away from Aminulrasyid's home in Shah Alam in the early hours of April 26.

'Stop speculating' 

Kamaruddin Hassan, who is Aminulrasyid's uncle, reiterated that the family does not want an inquest into the teenager's death , as proposed by the Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan.

 

"What we want is a royal commission of inquiry because that is the only way we can get a transparent and fair investigation," he said.

n surendran The family's lawyer N Surendren (right) also said there is no need for an inquest because there is no dispute about how the boy died.

Kamaruddin hit out at police chief Musa Hassan for saying that he would pull his men off the streets if the people do not want them to enforce the law.

"We respect the police, but there might be some rotten fruits in the bunch," he said.

NONE The family also appealed to everyone to stop speculating and making statements which could hurt the feelings of Aminulrasyid's mother.

Among the hurtful statements, he said, was the accusation that the two boys are criminals, and that the family should be blamed for Aminulrasyid being out late at night.

"There is talk that his sister may be charged because her car was used. This would be a case of shooting the brother and summoning the sister," he said of police action.

 

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