Woman files suit against 'trigger-happy' police
Before there were Aminulrasyid Amzah and Norizan Salleh, both of whom were shot at by the police in a hail of bullets, there was Siti Nasrinda Tumirin.
Before there were Aminulrasyid Amzah and Norizan Salleh, both of whom were shot at by the police in a hail of bullets, there was Siti Nasrinda Tumirin.
Twenty-three-year-old Siti Nasrinda
(right)
was injured in her waist by a 'blind and wild rampant shot' while driving with her then-fiance in Klang last August.
Another bullet had apparently grazed her 'tudung' in the incident - another inch and she would suffered the same fate of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid who was killed during a police car chase last Monday.
Siti Nasrinda today filed a RM2 million suit against the police and the government for the lack of action taken by the police over her case and for the injury she sustained.
In addition, Siti Nasrinda also wants the policemen involved in the shooting - a constable and a corporal - to undergo two years' of community service.
According to her, this is to teach the duo to be more responsible in their actions.
Her suit was filed at the Shah Alam High Court today by her lawyer M Manoharan, who is also the Kota Alam Shah assemblyperson.
Besides Siti Nasrinda, the other plaintiffs are her fiance and now her husband Mohd Fauzi Mohd Daud and her father-in-law Mohd Daud Abd Hamid.
In the suit, she named Constable Razlan Mohd Khairi, Corporal Abdul Wahab Ishak, the Klang OCPD, the Selangor police chief, the inspector-general of police and the government as the defendants.
Shot allegedly fired without warning
Relating the incident which has left them traumatised, Siti Nasrinda and Mohd Fauzi said were both chatting in their car parked along a street in Klang Utama at 8.30pm on Aug 19.
A police car then arrived and flashed its headlights causing Siti Nasrinda and Mohd Fauzi to panic and drive of.
The police gave chase and allegedly started shooting without warning. A few shots were fired with one bullet going through the front passenger seat and injuring Siti Nasrinda in the waist.
Fauzi, who was driving, eventually stopped the car after which the police told the duo that they were being investigated for speeding, committing khalwat (close proximity) and for obstructing police.
Fauzi was then remanded while Nasrinda had to undergo follow-up treatment at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
She claims the police were shooting indiscriminately, ignoring their safety and that of the public.
Nasrinda claims the episode has left her with emotional and mental scars while there were significant damage to the car.
She also alleged authorities did not shoot at the tires if they had an intention to stop the car.
Standing orders violated claim
The three also claim that the defendants failed to conduct a detailed and open investigation into the matter and did not report the matter to the Attorney-General's Chambers.
The plaintiffs therefore believe that the defendants had violated the Inspector-General of Police's Standing orders and District Police Standing Orders in discharging their weapons.
Aminulrasyid Amzah was the 14-year-old-teenager whom was shot dead by the police during a car chase on April 27. The matter is still under investigation and the cabinet has also formed a special committee to study the case.
Norizan Salleh, was the single mother who had five gunshot wounds on her, when police open fired on her car she was travelling on.


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