426 deaths at hands of the police since 2000
A total of 279 suspects have been shot dead by the police between 2000 and 2009, while 147 died in police lockup during the same period, revealed Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein today.
The minister disclosed these figures in a written parliamentary reply to Teluk Intan parliamentarian M Manogaran.
Manogaran's question also demanded statistics for those injured during police shootings and custodial deaths at detention camps.
The minister's reply however did not address these two questions.
In another written parliamentary reply to Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM-Sungai Siput), Hishammuddin revealed that the police shot dead 82 suspects in 2008, and 88 in 2009.
He added that in those two years there was only one case of police injury in the shooting incidents. No police personnel were killed during the same period.
These figures came in the wake of public outcry over the fatal police shooting of teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah, which re-ignited allegations that the police were trigger happy.
Opposition lawmakers and human rights activists have also long decried the issue of custodial deaths, often occurring under suspicious circumstances.
The minister disclosed these figures in a written parliamentary reply to Teluk Intan parliamentarian M Manogaran. Manogaran's question also demanded statistics for those injured during police shootings and custodial deaths at detention camps.
The minister's reply however did not address these two questions.
In another written parliamentary reply to Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM-Sungai Siput), Hishammuddin revealed that the police shot dead 82 suspects in 2008, and 88 in 2009.
He added that in those two years there was only one case of police injury in the shooting incidents. No police personnel were killed during the same period.
These figures came in the wake of public outcry over the fatal police shooting of teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah, which re-ignited allegations that the police were trigger happy. Opposition lawmakers and human rights activists have also long decried the issue of custodial deaths, often occurring under suspicious circumstances.
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