The Court of Appeal today awarded the family of a shooting victim RM351,000 and lambasted the police for acting as "executioners".
In overturning the Shah Alam High Court judgment, Justice Hamid Sultan Abu Backer ruled that the police cannot shoot to kill suspected criminals.
"In Malaysia or the Federal Constitution does not permit police officers to kill suspected and/or dreaded criminals by fake encounters.
"The police are paid through public funds with a primary duty to arrest criminals and put them for trial.
"They cannot be allowed to roam trigger happy as this will be in violation of rule of law and the relevant authorities must seriously check such violation," he said.
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