SHAH ALAM: A student thought someone was letting off a series of firecrackers in his neighbourhood on the night teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah was killed.
Zafrullah Ahmad Zainal Abidin, 28, who lives about 10m from the car crash site where Aminulrasyid was found dead, told the Sessions Court here Friday that he was working on his computer about 1.30am, April 26, when he heard the sound of firecrackers getting louder, heading towards his direction.
"It was like 'tap-tap-tap' with no rhythm. There were more than 10 taps," he said, adding that he heard police sirens as well.
Zafrullah Ahmad said about 20 seconds later, he heard a loud bang as if an object had crashed.
He rushed to his window on the second floor and saw two police cars surrounding a car which had crashed into a wall.
He then went outside and saw a man running away being chased by police, who shouted "Don't run!"
"I went to the crash scene and saw the crashed car was a white Proton Iswara. There was a body lying face down with the head on the driver’s seat and the torso outside the car,” said Zafrullah Ahmad.
He also told the court that he noticed the car was riddled with bullet holes and realised the firecracker sounds he had heard was gunfire.
He said he could not identify the body and only found out the next day that it was his friend's little brother, Aminulrasyid.
The court then here fixed 9am, Oct 19, for a visit to the scene where Aminulrasyid Amzah was shot and adjourned the case until then.
Day three of the high-profile trial of policeman Kpl Jenain Subi, who is charged with causing the death of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid, saw four more witnesses taking the stand.
Among them was policeman Lans Kpl Shamsul Kamar Ismail, who was in a patrol car with Kons Malkeet Singh when he saw the cars in a high-speed chase.
He testified that after hearing a request for help to chase a speeding vehicle on the police radio, he headed towards the Kayangan roundabout.
He said he did not see any vehicles when he arrived. After turning around the roundabout two or three times, he saw two police patrol cars chasing after another car which was being driven very fast and dangerously.
When asked by the prosecution whether he saw or heard anything during the incident, L/Kpl Shamsul Kamar told the court that he was focused on driving and the sirens were too loud, so he could not see or hear what was happening.
Defence counsel Salim Bashir then asked him whether the vehicles involved in the chase ran the traffic lights at the roundabout.
L/Kpl Shamsul Kamar, who misunderstood the question, answered, "No, we did not run down the traffic lights."
The court burst into laughter.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, Adilla Ahmad and Siti Rohaida Che Hamid appeared for the prosecution while Kpl Jenain was represented by Salim, M. M. Athimulan, Halim Ashgar and K. Rajoo.
Source : thestar.com.my
Reporting : ONG HAN SEAN
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