Post-Mortem Shows Teens Shot At Close Range

From Malaysiakini

Post-mortem evidence of the fatal shooting of three youths last year showed that they were gunned down by cops at close proximity, claimed civil rights NGO Lawyers for Liberty.

Muhammad Hanafi Omar, 22, Muhammad Shamil Hafiz Shapiei, 15, and Hairul Nizam Tuah, 20, were gunned down by the police after a reported high-speed car chase in the early morning of Nov 13 in Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

The police had previously stated the youths had charged at the authorities with machetes, and were shot during the purported attack.

“The post-mortem contradicts the police version of the incident that they acted in self-defence and shot the boys, which means they would have been shot in the front,” said lawyer N Surendran (right).

“However, the post-mortem report says the angle of the bullet was 45 degrees entering the forehead and exiting the back of the neck, and for the chest shot, (the bullet) similarly entered at a 45-degrees trajectory through the body.

“This indicates the victim was kneeling or in a lower position than the shooter,” he said, referring to the autopsy report on Muhammad Syamil Hafiz.

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