Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail should call for inquests into the deaths of six persons who were shot dead by the police since the beginning of this year, said Parti Reformasi Insan Malaysia (Prim) today.

P ro tem deputy secretary-general RN Rajah said this in a letter to Abdul Gani to highlight the latest incident where a suspected criminal S Sunder was shot dead by the police in Bukit Mertajam, Penang last month.

The report o­n the shooting originally appeared in the English tabloid Malay Mail o­n April 17.

Rajah said the fatal shooting of suspects who were not proven guilty in court seemed to be "a trend o­n a drastic increase lately".