By Neville Spykerman
The Malaysian Insider
SHAH ALAM, April 28 — Neighbours who knew Aminulrasyid Amzah today could not contain their emotions as they expressed outrage over his shooting by police.
The Form Three student was driving his sister’s Proton Iswara and is alleged to have attempted to ram a police road-block in Section 11 here, before the fatal shooting occurred early Monday morning.
“This is not Manchester or Los Angeles, this is bloody Malaysia,” said Nadzimuddin Pip, who added the police should have been better trained to differentiate between criminals and boys.
The retiree, along with businessman Wan Rahim Tajuddin, whose house in Section 11 is exactly at the spot where the Proton Iswara eventually crashed, said they had initially assumed police has scored a major success against a criminal.
“His body was lying face down in the car and surrounded by police. We didn’t realise it was Aminul until the next day,” said Wan Rahim, who broke down as he spoke.
He said Aminul was a close friend of his son, and expressed regret they did not have a chance to see the dead teenager’s face.
The men were relating the incident to MPs Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang and Dr Lo’Lo’ Mohd Ghazali at the scene of the incident in Section 12 this afternoon.
Kit Siang earlier led a delegation of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers to Aminulrasyid’s home where they spoke and expressed their condolences to his mother Norsiah Mohamad, 60.
Norsiah said contrary to press reports, her son was only 14 and not 15-years-old.
She also lamented how he had been labelled a criminal.
“I don’t want this to be sensationalised but I want the good name of my son and family to be restored.”
Guan Eng said he was shocked when he first heard about the shooting of the youth and criticised the way the victim was made out to be a criminal.
According to his mother, there was no parang in the car as reported, only shoes.
“How can shoes magically turn into a parang.”
He described the incident as a “cruel act” which occurs in places like Israel and should not have happened here.
“We are not anti-police but are against those responsible.”
He repeated the call for an independent investigation to be carried out, so public confidence in the police can be restored.
Kit Siang called on both the Home Minister and Prime Minster to visit the home of the victim and experience the anguish of his family.
“The whole nation condemns this act.” he said.
He also called on Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to issue a guarantee to all Malaysians that this incident will not happen again.
Meanwhile the Selangor government today announced the family would receive RM10,000 from the state to help ease the burden of their loss.
Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is scheduled to visit the family this evening.