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SHAH ALAM, Oct 12 — Two live bullets and 17 spent shells were found at the housing area in Section 11 here where teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah was shot to death six months ago in an early morning car chase, the Sessions Court was told today.
Police Corporal Jenain Subi, 48, is charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid, who took a midnight joyride in a car and was allegedly mistaken for a felon on the run.
Today marks the first day of his trial.
A short man with thinning curly hair cropped close to his scalp, Jenain — dressed in a short-sleeved shirt faded to pink over black slacks — appeared relaxed as he sat on the hard wood bench in the dock despite facing up to 30 years in jail and a fine if convicted.
Less than an arm-span behind him in the public gallery was Aminulrasyid’s mother, Norsiah Mohamad, 60, dressed in brown and wearing a grim expression.
A daughter rubbed her arm from time to time, but Norsiah remained dry-eyed throughout Day 1 of the day-long trial.
Police forensic photographer, Corporal Mokhtar Hussin who was the fourth person to step into the witness stand had earlier testified that the bullet casings were recovered by the forensic team on April 28 this year, two days after Aminulrasyid died, on a stretch of road from Bulatan Kayangan towards Jalan 11/2 just round the corner from the teen’s home.
Two live bullets were retrieved near a petrol station along the route.
Mokhtar said he had been instructed by Chief Inspector Mazli Jusof @ Che Kob to take pictures of the spent and live bullets.
Earlier, Detective Lance-Ccorporal Ahmad Zamzani Abd Wahab, 25, told the court he had snapped 41 pictures of the crime scene and noticed shots to the car where bullets had pierced the driver’s seat and also struck the tire rims, the spoiler, the boot, the rear signal light, exhaust pipe, rear plate, mudguard and the rear licence plate.
The second witness, police Lance-Corporal Saifulizam Abdul Hamid, told the court he had photographed wounds to Aminulrasyid’s head during the latter’s autopsy.
The police photographer explained he had been tasked with taking the post-mortem pictures at the general hospital in Klang on April 26 afternoon.
The Form Three schoolboy who would be sitting for his PMR examinations today died in the early hours of April 26 this year, believed to be between 1.10am and 2am.
He had been driving a white Proton Iswara with his best friend and neighbour, 15-year-old Muhammad Azamuddin Omar in the front passenger seat. Their car had crashed into the curb at Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11.
The first witness to testify today was Lance-Corporal Mohd Sabri Salleh, 30.
The cop who had been on the midnight shift duty in the police control room the night of the incident said it was he who had put out a call for back-up after a patrol-car reported a white Proton Iswara speeding in the residential zone and refused to stop.
Mohd Sabri added that it was the accused, Jenain, who asked him to call for an ambulance as the Iswara driver was hurt.
The trial will resume at 9.30am tomorrow.
Deputy public prosecutor, Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, told reporters some 30 witnesses out of 63 listed will be taking the stand in the course of the trial.
Dusuki confirmed that Azamuddin, who had sat for his final PMR paper yesterday, will be testifying but declined to state the date.
“He’s our star witness,” he told The Malaysian Insider after today’s trial.
The thin boy was present at court today but did not enter the courtroom during trial.
Jenain’s four-man defence team comprises M.M. Athimulan, Salim Bashir, Halim Ashgar and K. Rajoo.
Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo who is also DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP, Karpal Singh’s daughter, is holding a watching brief for Aminulrasyid’s family.
MI
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