After hitting a wall with the police, the widow of a police shootout victim has urged the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) to launch an investigation into her husband’s death.

R Vaijentimala, 41, handed over a complaint to the commission’s operations director Muhammad Bukhari Abdul Hamid at the EAIC headquarters in Putrajaya today.

She was later interviewed by an investigating officer for more than four hours.

Her lawyer, Nurainie Haziqah, said she was pleased that the interview process was very detailed and thorough, unlike Vaijentimala’s previous experience with the police.

“We came to the EAIC because we have lost confidence in the police. We have not heard from them since Dec 22 (when police interviewed her), and we don’t think they are serious in investigating this case.

“(Today was) very thorough and everything went well.

“It took so long because the EAIC did not want to have to call her (Vaijentimala) multiple times. They wanted to finish everything in one go. She is quite satisfied.

“They promised to send her a letter within one week to say if they will open an investigation into this or not,” the lawyer told Malaysiakini when contacted afterwards.

Nurainie (second from left in photo) hoped that the commission would take up the case and investigate it thoroughly.

The lawyer previously complained that the police had asked Vaijentimala, who hails from Tapah in Perak, personal questions unrelated to the subject of her police report when they quizzed her.

The widow had demanded a thorough investigation into the police personnel responsible for her husband’s death.

Police claimed that her husband, M Marimuthu, 41, was killed in a shootout on May 24 last year in Tapah.

According to the police, the deceased was the leader of "Gang Pam," a group which specialises in stealing pumps from heavy machinery.

He reportedly tried to flee when flagged down by the police and opened fire, forcing them to retaliate.

Marimuthu’s family have disputed the account based on a postmortem report they received.

The report stated that the bullet had entered the deceased's chest at a 40-degree downward angle, which is consistent with someone shooting Marimuthu while standing over him, as opposed to a shootout.