The parents of a police shootout victim have lodged a report over threats that they have received for pressing for an investigation into the death of their son, V Vikines.

G Vesvanathan, 47, and his wife K Thenmoli, 44, said today that they had received threatening telephone calls from an anonymous individual on two separate occasions.

They said they were warned against calling for an inquest into the death of Vikines and two other youths during a police shootout in Seremban.

"This person spoke in Tamil. He asked that we stop all this 'nonsense' and said that if we did something, they would come and finish off our whole family," she said during a press conference this afternoon.

Thenmoli said the family moved out of their home in Taman Sentosa, Klang, on Monday for fear of any reprisals.

The couple's son, Vikines ( left ), was killed last month together with 24-year-old S Puneswaran and 25-year-old T Kathiravan as they were driving from Klang to Seremban.

The police had claimed that the three youths were shot after they fired on police officers who ordered them to pull over and surrender.

The police have also identified the trio as being responsible for a spate of armed robberies although the allegation had been denied by their family members.

Legal action

Two other persons working with the family - Keadilan member K Manikavasagam and Parti Reformasi Insan Malaysia pro tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar - have also claimed to have received anonymous calls warning them to drop the case.

The two men said the caller had threatened to hurt them and their family members if they continue to pursue the matter.

According to Manikavasagam ( photo ), the calls to his mobile phone had been traced to a telephone booth but few other details have been ascertained as to the identity of his callers.

"I have lodged a police report on the matter but the police officer had only said that this looks like 'a dog may bark but not bite' situation," he said, dissatisfied over the response to his complaint.

Uthayakumar said the coercive calls appear to have been provoked by news of Vikines' parents intention to proceed with legal action to press for an inquest into the death of their son.

Inconsistencies claimed

Meanwhile, lawyer representing the family N Surendran said he would be filing an application at the Seremban High Court tomorrow to seek a revision of a refusal by a magistrate to call for an inquest.

"The Seremban magistrate's court refused an earlier application for an inquest. We are now going to appeal this in the High Court," he said.

The death of the three youths have brought about a flurry of police reports being lodged calling for further investigation into apparent inconsistencies in the police version of events and that of the family members.

Among the inconsistencies, said family members, are the unknown location of the car that the trio were last seen in as well as severe bruising on their bodies.

In total, the family members have lodged five police reports calling for further investigation into the shootout as well as three other reports over the threat calls.

Last month, an attempt by an opposition Parliamentarian to have the incident debated in the Dewan Rakyat was rejected by the House speaker.