{"id":3801,"date":"2013-02-08T23:22:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T15:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2013-02-08T23:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T15:22:54","slug":"woman-22-shot-dead-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/woman-22-shot-dead-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 22, shot dead by police"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>KLANG, 8 Feb \u2013 In just a short period of one month, three \u00a0ordinary Malaysians have lost their lives at the hands of the police force, pushing the already strong feelings of doubts and apprehension over an authority that is purported to be the people\u2019s custodian of law to a whole new level.<\/p>\n

Taking a night drive on 18 January along Jalan Bendahara, Taman Sentosa here, Pua Bee Chun, 22, was shot to her death after the police fired an absurd 24 shots towards Pua\u2019s car, over the unsupported belief that the car she was driving is a stolen one. The driver of the car,\u00a0Song Chee Chai survived the incident.<\/p>\n

The police justified their action as a matter of merely \u2018trying to stop the car\u2019, a reason unacceptable to the family of Pua to describe their heartbreaking loss. Pua leaves behind her husband,\u00a0Foo Voon Kong, 27, and two children.<\/p>\n

Disappointed by the tragedy, Klang Member of Parliament, Charles Santiago lamented what has happened, considering that the police should not take such a careless action within the vicinity of a housing area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen such things happened, no one will feel safe anymore. This proves that the police are not carrying their jobs out professionally, of which they are supposed to charge the criminals at court, not immediately acting as a \u2018judge\u2019 [to punish the alleged criminals].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been urging, including at the Parliament, for an establishment of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), but nothing has been done until now,\u201d said Charles.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Meanwhile the DAP Legal Bureau Chief, Gobind Singh Deo related the nature of the shooting here as similar to the case that happened in Seksyen 11, Shah Alam in 2010, when the late Aminulrasyid Amzah \u2014 just a mere teenager of 15 years old \u2014 was heartlessly shot dead by the police based on the same accusation of car stealing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not that our policemen are not trained. There are many ways to stop a car, and using weapons is not one the ways. They [the police] themselves are aware that by releasing shots could lead to many [unwanted] possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will bring this case up for civil actions to be taken against the police officers responsible,\u201d he said. Gobind, also Puchong Member of Parliament will represent the late victim\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

In his police report, the late victim\u2019s husband, Foo Voon Kong, 26 said he was told about the unfortunate incident involving his late wife through a phone call made by a friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI arrived at the scene, which was then swarming with people and the police. My late wife\u2019s body was already brought to Klang\u2019s Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, and I was later told by the doctor that my wife has been shot through her back, the bullet hitting her lungs and her heart,\u201d Foo explained.<\/p>\n

Truck driver Foo hopes to see a thorough investigation carried out, and for those responsible for her wife\u2019s death to be brought to justice. \u2013 The Rocket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KLANG, 8 Feb \u2013 In just a short period of one month, three \u00a0ordinary Malaysians have lost their lives at the hands of the police force, pushing the already strong feelings of doubts and apprehension over an authority that is purported to be the people\u2019s custodian of law to a whole new level. Taking a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}