A police corporal has been charged over the fatal shooting of 14-year old Aminulrasyid Amzah last month.

Police corporal Jenain Subi, 48 ( above ), was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court about 12pm, and has claimed trial to the charge under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code of causing death by negligence.

Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Majid Hamzah confirmed this today when contacted.

If found guilty, Jenain can be punished with up to 30 years' imprisonment, said Abdul Majid.

Jenain was accompanied by a large number of uniformed and plainclothed police personnel when he arrived at the court premises at 11.35am.

Sessions Court judge M Gunalan set bail at RM10,000 with one surety and fixed June 10 for case mention.

NONE Aminulrasyid ( left ) had gone out with a friend, Azamuddin Omar, 15, on the evening of April 25 to a nearby food stall to watch football.

The former was killed, however, after coming under a hail of gunfire from the police - who alleged to have found the two youths in "suspicious circumstances."

The police alleged Aminulrasyid had tried to ram the Proton Iswara he was driving into them, thus forcing them to open fire.

Azamuddin, however, has denied this and said Aminulrasyid was shot while driving, until he crashed in a residential area in Section 11, Shah Alam.

Early morning shooting

According to the charge sheet the incident had occurred between 1.10 to 2am on April 26.

azlan Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar led the prosecution today, while Jenain was represented by counsel Saleem Bashir.

The prosecution had initially asked the court to set RM35,000 as bail.

However, Saleem asked the judge to set a ‘reasonable amount' considering that the accused was only a corporal earning about RM3,000 a month while his wife, a teacher, earns about RM1,800.

The counsel added that Jenain was still a serving policeman and appealed to the court not to be affected by the escalating public pressure.

Interjecting, Mohd Dusuki argued that as the case was of public concern, the bail sum should not be reduced.

Jenain joined the police in 1985 and he was attached at the Shah Alam Court from 1996 to 2008.

At the time of the incident Jenain was with the patrol unit of the Shah Alam police station.

Family lawyers disappointed       

Lawyers N Surendran and Latheefa Koya ( below ) who represent the family of Aminulrasyid, expressed disappointment and said they were "appalled" that they were not informed Jenain would charged today.

hindraf probed by police 141008 latheefa koya “As a result, neither the family nor their lawyers were able to be present in court today,” said the lawyers in a press statement.   

They claimed that the secrecy and lack of transparence is unnecessary and unfair to both the family and the public.

They also expressed grave disappointment and surprise that no one has been charged with either attempted murder or culpable homicide of 15-year-old Azamuddin.   

“We also note that none of the other policemen who were in the car that night have been charged for abetment of any offence,” the lawyers claimed.

The lawyers said that they deeply regret that the home minister and the IGP have yet to apologise to the family of Aminulrasyid and Azamuddin for the shooting and for the unjustified allegations imputing criminality to these boys.