After 24 hours in the Serdang Hospital, the condition of NGO MyWatch chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan, who was shot by assailants on Saturday, has improved, his father said today.

P Ramakrishnan told Malaysiakini that Sanjeevan's condition had improved slightly compared to yesterday but remains unconscious and not fully stable.

However, doctors have said that he is not yet ready for a critical surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his ribcage.

"Doctors have said that they need to stabilise him further, and only when he is fully stable can the surgery be done," Ramakrishnan said, adding that doctors have not given a definite time frame for the surgery to take place.

NONE Sanjeevan, who is said to have been about to expose links between the police and the underworld, was shot in Jempol on Saturday by two assailants after months of death threats and assault attempts.

He was shot in his ribcage and has been transferred to four hospitals since, arriving in Serdang under heavy police escort yesterday evening to finally undergo an operation to remove the bullet.

He is said to be having high fever while remaining unconscious.

Only family members are being allowed to visit him in the hospital now amidst the tight police security.

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