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Minor at fault in shooting incident, says expert

KUALA LUMPUR: It is clear that 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah was at fault in his shooting, leading him to being accidentally shot by police who were only discharging their duties, a clinical psychologist said.

Assoc Prof Dr Teoh Hsien Jin said the situation was getting out of proportion and that the public had overlooked the most important issue, which was that of a minor driving a car without a driving licence.

He said that as far as the law was concerned, such an act was an offence.

(Yes, driving without a licence is an offence. So you shoot someone who drives without a licence? And how did the police know that he was without a licence and does that gives them the right to open fire at the car. )

“The crime rate in Selangor is worrying and the police have taken the necessary steps to reduce crime in the state by putting more men on patrol to react to any perceived threat.

“A lot of violent crime takes place after midnight and a speeding car pursued by a group of motorcyclists fits the scenario perfectly,” said Dr Teoh who is the Head of the School of Natural Health and Sciences in Sunway University College.

(Shouldn’t the police then go after the motorcyclists after all  they are the ones pursuing the car and the police should find out why they are pursuing after the car.  They could be robbers, kidnappers or simply some Mat Rempit looking for trouble)

Dr Teoh, a former journalist, said the usual procedure for policemen in a patrol car or at roadblocks would be to pull a suspicious car over and shine a torchlight into it.

“But the policemen may not have had the chance to do that in Aminulrasyid’s case as the minor sped off, which led to the police firing at the speeding car.

“Police on shifts are normally armed with automatic firearms because they do not know who or what they will be up against. You just have to react to dangerous situations.\

(So just because they are armed with automatic firearms, they have the right to shoot at anybody at their discretion if that somebody is dangerous or not!)

“When they opened fire, it is likely that one stray bullet could have hit him. In the dark, they were probably shooting to stop the car,” said Dr Teoh, who was also a Territorial Army officer.

He said he sympathised with the Inspector-General of Police who had come under fire from various quarters for threatening to pull his men off the streets following a public outcry over the incident.

(Another borek kaki!)

“They are already overworked and underpaid and politicising the matter does not help. It is only making them more frustrated and angry,” he said.

(Not too sure about that though)

And by the way, what makes him an expect at police law? And what gives him the right to say that the minor was at fault?

It is wiser to just keep your mouth shut rather than giving stupid statements especially from a professor!)