Memo to IGP:Norizan bte Salleh, 5 Gunshot wound by Polis Di Raja Malaysia
Friday, February 5, 2010
Memo to IGP:Norizan bte Salleh, 5 Gunshot wound by Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM)
Norizan bte Salleh, a 30-year-old single mother sustained five gunshot wounds when policemen opened fire on a car that she was traveling in. At least she is alive to…
Norizan bte Salleh, a 30-year-old single mother sustained five gunshot wounds when policemen opened fire on a car that she was traveling in. At least she is alive today to tell her story, unlike the rest of the 95% of Indian victims shot dead by Polis Raja Di Malay-sia and killed in police custody but form only 8% of the Malaysian population.
Today Human Rights Party’s S.Jayathas accompanied the victim Norizan bte Salleh together with Lawyer N.Surendran, MPs and NGO’s submitted a protest note to the IGP and for the prosecution of the police criminals for attempted murder.
See Protest Memo below:-
Tan Sri Musa Hassan,
Inspector General of Police,
Bukit Aman
MEMORANDUM OF PROTEST
Shooting by police of Norizan Bte. Salleh
The Facts
1) On 30.10.2009, 29 years old Norizan bt Salleh was shot 5 times by police.
2) Norizan was travelling in a car when the incident happened. Without justification, police shot at the car from behind, the bullets penetrating through the body of the car and hitting Norizan who was seated at the back seat.
3) After being shot, Norizan was then kicked and stepped on by the police personnel despite bleeding profusely from being shot.
4) No person in the car was armed with any weapon and there was no threat of any kind to the police. Despite this, police chose to open fire repeatedly at the car.
5) Norizan is an innocent woman who has never been charged in court for any crime. She has suffered serious injuries including permanent damage to her hand. A bullet lodged close to her heart had to be removed by surgery at Institute Jantung Negara. Norizan is lucky to be alive today!
6) Norizan lodged a police report on 16.11.2009 complaining of attempted murder by police, but no action has been taken by the authorities against the culprits.
Increasing incidents of unjustified police shootings
1) Activists, lawyers and elected representatives have raised the issue of unjustified shootings by police on many occasions, but have been ignored by both the Police Force and the Government.
2) In almost every case, the police version of the events has been similar; that the victims opened fire and police returned fire, killing all of them. It has been easy for police to get away with this version, as the victims are usually dead and the truth buried. This has also been the police version in two recent shooting cases. [Kulim shooting (February 2009) and Klang shooting (November 2009)].
3) Norizan’s shocking case proves that unjustified shootings by police have reached dangerous levels.
4) The brutality with which Norizan was treated after the shooting indicates the extent and seriousness of problems in the Police Force.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED DEMAND:-
1) An immediate investigation by a Bukit Aman team specially set-up for this purpose;
2) The result of the investigation be made fully public;
3) All those police personnel involve in Norizan’s brutal shooting be suspended/arrested immediately;
4) That the case be classified as attempted murder;
5) That there be immediate and thorough reform of the Police Force;
6) That the IGP explain to the public why the police have never revealed this shocking incident to the public;
7) The leadership of the police support the setting up of the IPCMC.
8) That all suspicious police shooting cases over the past decade be re-opened.
Endorsed by,
1) Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
2) Civil Liberties Malaysia
3) Democratic Action Party (DAP)
4) Human Right Party (HRP)
5) Police Watch Malaysia & Human Rights Committee
6) Group of Concerned Citizens(GCC)
7) Lawyers for Liberty.
Case of Norizan Salleh(2)
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Case of Norizan Salleh(1)
A 30-year-old single mother who sustained five gunshot wounds when policemen opened fire on a car that she was travelling in wants those involved to be investigated for attempted murder.
Pending investigations, Norizan Salleh said the police personnel should also be suspended.
Accompanied by some 30 representatives from various political parties and civil society groups, Norizan submitted a memorandum, addressed to Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan, to a public relations officer at the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur this morning.
The four-page memorandum was inked by PKR, DAP, Human Rights Party, Lawyers for Liberty, Civil Liberties Malaysia, Police Watch Malaysia and the Group of Concerned Citizens.
Expressing concern over the rising incidents of ‘unjustified police shootings’, the groups made eight demands.
These include the immediate arrest of the policemen involved in the shooting and for Musa to explain to the public why this ‘shocking’ case was kept under wraps.
The memorandum also underscored the importance of establishing the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
‘Cop kicked me when I cried for help’
Norizan, who was hit in the chest and wrist, also alleged that the policemen had pulled her out of the car and assaulted her, resulting in a broken rib.
Recounting the ordeal, the single mother said: “An officer kicked me when I cried for help… I felt like I was in a movie.”
Her parents, who were present, were reduced to tears when their daughter revealed how she had cheated death.
Norizan, who is said to have suffered permanent damage to her hand as a result of her injuries, also had a bullet lodged close to her heart removed by surgery.
The shooting occurred along the Middle Ring Road (MRR II) in Kuala Lumpur in the wee hours of the morning.
Speaking to reporters later, Norizan’s lawyer N Surendran said his client got a lift home to Segambut from a friend, who was traveling with two other people, whom she did not know.
The other three, who have since been arrested, had escaped unscathed. Following investigations, Norizan was cleared of any wrongdoing.
“Police cannot discharge a firearm unless there is a threat to the enforcing officer,” Surendran said, adding that the passengers were unarmed.
“Kuala Lumpur police chief Mohd Sabtu Osman’s declaration of the policemen’s innocence without investigation is an insult to the victim,” he added.
Surendran also claimed that one those arrested was hung upside down by the police and had chilli spread all over his body in an attempt to get him to confess to armed robbery.
‘They tried to mow down our men’
Defending his men’s actions, Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah said policemen on patrol came across the car that was being driven in a suspicious manner.
“Police ordered the car to stop but the suspects accelerated away in the direction of Selayang and onwards to Gombak.
“Police had to fire shots in the direction of the car when the suspects tried to mow down our men,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
However, Norizan, who was in the backseat, claimed that she did not see the policemen trying to stop the car but only caught a glimpse of them aiming their guns at the car.
The police have classified the case as an accident and have refused to pay for Norizan’s medical expenses, amounting to RM18,000.
Norizan is also planning to sue the police for damages.
‘From the horse’s mouth’
Meanwhile, PKR parliamentarian Zuraida Kamaruddin, who was one of those present, issued an ultimatum to federal CID director Mohd Bakri Zinin.
“He must issue a statement (on the investigation) within 24 hours…If not, PKR will mobilise a more serious protest,” she stressed.
Zuraida also said she will raise this matter with the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.
According to the Ampang MP, Norizan’s case was first brought to the attention of the MCA complaints bureau but no action was taken, following which it was brought to PKR.
“They practice a ‘you scratch my back, I scratch yours’ policy and wanted to close the case,” she charged.
Also calling for a thorough investigation was DAP Teluk Intan MP M Manogaran.
“Today, we get it from the horse’s mouth,” he said, adding that other police shooting victims in the past had succumbed to their injuries before telling their tale.
He also vowed to raise the matter in Parliament when it reconvenes on March 15.
Manogaran also urged Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail to give him and Surendran the fiat to prosecute the policemen involved for attempted murder on behalf of the people of Malaysia.
Whereas PKR Kapar MP S Manickavasagam demanded an explanation from Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
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1120 memorandum telah diserahkan 1100 yb zuraidah kamaruddin tiba. Mangsa, norizan salleh tiba bersama ayah, ibu dan saudara saudara nya.
1048 wartawan wartawan telah berada di sini. Polis telah bersedia menerima rombongan.
Protest to IGP, Tomorrow 4 February 10.30am
Protest to IGPon victim of police shooting Norizan Salleh. Innocent Norizan shot five times & beaten by Police.
THURSDAY, 4 February
10.30 am BUKIT AMAN
Lake Garden Entrance
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Kenyataan Media
Biro Penerangan Wanita KEADILAN
29 Januari 2010
Kembalikan nikmat rasa selamat dan aman kepada Wanita Malaysia, PDRM
Wanita KEADILAN merasa kesal dengan insiden anggota PDRM yang telah menembak cedera seorang wanita, ibu tunggal, Norizan Salleh, yang tidak disabit dengan apa-apa kesalahan atau jenayah.
Wanita tersebut telah ditembak beberapa kali dalam insiden kejar-mengejar dengan kereta polis dan kini wanita itu mengalami kecederaan kekal yang memerlukan rawatan berterusan. Beliau tidak mendapat sebarang bantuan dari kerajaan dan tidak diberi pampasan akibat kesilapan mencederakan beliau oleh anggota PDRM.
Wanita KEADILAN juga merasa kesal dengan sikap anggota PDRM yang kasar dan tidak bersikap wajar dalam melayani wanita mangsa yang cedera. Wanita tersebut telah ditendang dengan sepenuh daya ketika keluar dari kenderaan dan mengakibatkan patah tulang rusuknya. Kesihatan dan keupayaan fizikal beliau kini terjejas.
Wanita KEADILAN ingin mempersoalkan tindakan anggota PDRM yang telah menggunakan senjata api terhadap suspek yang jelas tidak memiliki sebarang senjata. Ia menimbulkan kegusaran dan persepsi bahawa anggota PDRM bertujuan wewenang mencedera dan boleh membunuh suspek. Wewenangan seumpama itu adalah penyalahgunaan kuasa dan keganasan yang wajar dibanteras.
Keganasan terhadap wanita, dalam apa jua situasi, merupakan suatu perkara yang sangat ditentang dan diselar oleh Dasar Wanita Negara dan Konvensyen-Konvensyen Antarabangsa. Sikap anggota PDRM yang belum faham tentang asas yang sedemikian menimbulkan tanda tanya apakah lain-lain kakitangan dan jentera kerajaan juga tidak peka dengan etika dan prosedur kerja yang menitikberatkan tiada keganasan terhadap wanita, terutamanya yang memerlukan bantuan dan rawatan.
Sekali lagi Menteri Wanita, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil telah gagal mendidik sebahagian kakitangan awam supaya adil dan peka gender dalam perlaksanaan tugasan mereka dan berlaku wajar ketika melayani mangsa, khususnya wanita, yang disyakki dengan kesalahan.
Wanita KEADILAN menuntut, agar kerajaan Malaysia mengambil tindakan disiplin anggota PDRM yang sabit dan memberi keadilan kepada Wanita mangsa tersebut dengan menjamin keselamatan dan menawarkan pampasan yang wajar kepada beliau kerana kesilapan anggota PDRM yang terbabit. Wanita mangsa juga perlu diberi bantuan rawatan percuma sepanjang hayat oleh Kerajaan Malaysia agar wanita mangsa boleh menjalani kehidupan dan masa depannya dengan baik dan sihat.
Biro Penerangan Wanita
Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Ticking off the police…in style…
Trusting the police
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
EARLIER this week, while I was in the office alone in the morning, two uniformed police officers appeared outside our glass office door. One peered in. I looked up and smiled but my fingers were ready to sign in to Twitter if the police rang the doorbell. The officer who was peering in smiled back, and following some discussion outside our office, moved downstairs. Phew, wrong office.
Was I startled to see police outside The Nut Graph‘s office? You bet. In a climate where the state is clearly going after independent media such as Malaysiakini for accurately reporting on violent protestors and an unconscionable home minister, it’s hard not to feel a little tense when the authorities turn up. Imagine then what the Penan girls and women who were sexually violated by logging company employees feel towards the police?
According to at least one Star news report — and there have been many that try to explain why the police cannot apprehend the men who have been preying on the Penan — the rape survivors refuse to talk to the police. Well, guess what? I would have refused to open my office door to the police officers earlier this week. No prizes for guessing why — would you trust the police?
Whose side?
Penan woman, Mary Rahman (pic courtesy of Sofiyah Israa)
We shouldn’t find it surprising at all that the Penan women and girls refuse to speak with the police. After all, it’s these very same state-appointed officers who have consistently helped logging companies break up Penan blockades. And the same officers who locked up Penan men and women for trying to protect their land against logging companies could be the same ones who were trying to question the Penan women and girls.
Indeed, one of the findings of the Penan task force report was that the Penan have little trust of the authorities. And who can blame them. In fact, it’s hard to trust the police when they have done little to earn the public’s trust.
What did the police do when the cow-head protestors threatened violence on 28 Aug 2009 against the relocation of a Hindu temple? Nothing. What did the police do when a small group of peaceful Malaysians lit candles outside the Brickfields police station to show support for an arrested academic? Arrest them and their lawyers.
Mourners at A Kugan’s funeral, 28 Jan 2009
What did the police do when A Kugan was found dead in custody? Deny they were responsible. What have they done since an autopsy report found Kugan was beaten to death? Nothing at all to prove that deaths in custody will no longer happen.
What did the police do when thousands of Malaysians marched peacefully against the Internal Security Act? Resort to violent tactics to disrupt the rally and arrest nearly 600 people, including children. What did the police do when the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government requested for police presence during a 5 Sept 2009 town hall meeting to discuss the Hindu temple relocation that was likely to get rowdy? They didn’t turn up.
So, there you have it. At least half a dozen reasons why people no longer trust the police or its ability to enforce the law justly and fairly.
Not just corrupt
The last time my partner and I were stopped by the police for a traffic offence, the officer wanted a bribe. We ignored his request. Ours, at least the first half of it, is a common story.
The last time my friend had her handbag snatched in her house compound in Section 14, PJ, she was told that the police know which areas are hotspots for snatch thefts. And yet, nothing had been done to address the problem.
Sivakumar being dragged out of the House (pic courtesy of Sinar Harian)
The last time the DAP tried to have a dinner in Klang, water cannon trucks and the FRU were also in attendance to dampen the event and prevent any speech-making. And on 7 May 2009, during the last highly dramatic event in the Perak state assembly, the police dragged Perak Speaker V Sivakumar out of his chair and unlawfully imprisoned him so that the Barisan Nasional could install its own speaker.
If we were at Nasa right now, I believe the right response to this troubling state of affairs in Malaysia would be, “Houston, we have a problem.“
Not only are our police corrupt, they are inefficient. Hence, the skyrocketing crime rate, and the inability to protect the Penan from being violated.
Not only are the police inefficient, they are partisan. The police, it seems, will do anything to support the BN even though it is public funds, not Umno’s funds, which pay for the police force.
Not only are the police partisan, they use violence against peaceful Malaysians and against detainees, and watch and do nothing when other Malaysians threaten violence.
Anarchy
Seriously, it doesn’t need a rocket scientist at Nasa to figure out that Malaysia has a problem.
Crowd holding up placards condemning the police and asking for the IPCMC to be formed, on the day of A Kugan’s funeral
Question is, why won’t the BN government do anything concrete about it? Attempts to address the root causes of the police force’s corruption and inefficiencies have all been thwarted by the BN government itself. From rejecting the recommendations of the royal commission on reforming the police force to defending the police for acting out of line, the BN is clearly demonstrating what kind of police force it wants.
One has to wonder why. Perchance it’s for the sake of eventual anarchy? If we can no longer trust the police to do what’s right and to fulfil their functions, we can eventually expect citizens to take matters into their own hands.
Tantalising, isn’t it, if you were someone like the cow-head protestors, the ones the home minister defended. Without rule of law and law enforcement, what would we have? A nation run by thugs? That’s already happening in some instances. And I’ll wager that we can expect more of such instances for so long as we have the same government and the same police force. 
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