Aminulrasyid killing - Jigsaw pieces start falling into place.....

The owner of a vehicle that slain teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah had accidentally grazed has corroborated portions of the account provided by Azamuddin Omar, the key witness to the shooting. Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad said at press conference today that the vehicle owner had approached him on Tuesday for advice.

"He came to my office and asked if he should make a police report. He was afraid that the police might remand him (for questioning)," he said.

He said the vehicle owner subsequently lodged a police report at 8pm that day.Khalid said that the owner of the damaged vehicle had lent the vehicle to a friend that night.

“His friend went for drinks with three other friends. These other friends then got on their motorcycles to pursue (the boys who grazed the car),” he said.

Friends gave chase

He said one of the motorcyclists fell off his machine during the pursuit after clipping the rear end of the car driven by Aminulrasyid. The injured motorcyclist then later lodged a police report on the incident.

“When he fell off his bike, his friends stopped chasing the boys and took their friend to the hospital where he received outpatient treatment and he then lodged a police report,” said Khalid.

Azamuddin, who was the passenger in the vehicle driven by Aminulrasyid, wrote in his April 26 police report that the driver accidently grazed a stationary car near the restaurant and was then pursued by motorcyclists. The witness also related the incident when the motorcyclist took a fall, which he said aggravated the 14-year-old driver into further panic.

Can the police confirm this?

Khalid argued that the police reports lodged by the damaged vehicle owner and motorcyclist have helped confirmed the first part of Azamuddin's story. He adds that the police report by another witness, Zafrullah Ahmad Zainal Abidin, helped confirmed the second part of Azamuddin's story.

“I hope (Selangor police chief) Khalid Abu Bakar will reveal these facts to confirm that whatever that was reported by Azamuddin is true,” said Khalid.

Azamuddin and lawyers of Aminulrasyid's family have been under fire by the police for revealing details of incidents. The Selangor police have called Azamuddin “unethical” while the Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan said the teenager was jeapordising police investigations. However, lawyers involved in the case and the Bar Council has defended Azamuddin's decision because the police have been quick to accuse Aminulrasyid as being a criminal and that the vehicle he was driving contained a machete.



Are they trying to trap the witness?

Khalid also expressed concern the police decision to call up Azamuddin for questioning three times, to mostly answer the same questions.

“My fear is that this is done for the purpose of tricking him into making contradictory statements, which can be used to portray him as an unreliable witness,” he said. He expressed hope that the authorities would not place any pressure on Azamuddin's father, who is a sergeant attached to the Section 11 police station.

Khalid later criticised the Selangor police chief for saying that he should not be involved in the Aminulrasyid's case.

“Should I, as an MP, just shut my eyes? These things happen to my constituents so I should get involved. Where did (Khalid Abu Bakar) vote?” he asked.

Meanwhile, Khalid announced that a reward programme was underway to pay tribute to good Shah Alam-based police officers. He said Shah Alam residents are invited to nominate officers whom they feel had provided good services between the period of April 30, 2010 to May 1 next year.

“The first prize winner will receive a cash prize of RM5,000, the second RM3,000 and the third RM2,000,” he said, adding the programme will be officially launched on June 1.

source:malaysiakini

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