Why do we not hear about persons being shot in the leg and arrested...
The call to stop these 'shoot to kill' incidents must be renewed...
Police shot dead three members of the Ronal Gang including the mastermind, responsible for more than 50 house break-in cases in seven states, this morning.
The gang, comprising Indonesians, had been operating the past two years, constantly evading police detection by entering and exiting Malaysia through the proper channels - New Straits Times, 19/1/2009 - Three shot dead, Ronal Gang crippled
How easy to make such allegations after you have shot them dead - and having no need anymore to proof in court with real evidence the truth of these allegation.
How will we ever know that the 3 were members of some gang - and were responsible for 50 house breaks. Do we trust out Malaysian police? I do not - and we really must put in place some 'tribunal', which would :- determine that there was no criminality on the part of the police in the acts that resulted the death of 3, and maybe also determine whether it is true that these persons killed were indeed 'bad guys' who had committed serious crimes...
We cannot just let the police get away with killing persons - and then justifying it with all kinds of allegations.
If there is death in custody - we have an inquest - an inquiry into the death to determine what happened and whether there was any person criminally liable for the deaths...
Maybe, we should also be having similar inquests or inquiries into all 'shoot to kill' inciidents.
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