Owner of parang in Aminulrasyid's car still unknown

10/27/2013 12:10:00 am 0 Comments

SHAH ALAM: The question of who owned the parang found in the car driven by teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah the night he was killed by police bullets in Section 11 here, still remains unanswered after three prosecution witnesses testifying in the Sessions Court here today said that they had never seen it before or placed it in the car.

They were Aminulrasyid's sister, Tuty Shaninza Anom Amzah who is the owner of the white Proton Iswara car driven by him, Tuty''s husband Muzafar Mahali, 36, and her father-in-law, Mahali Ramlan, 69, the registered owner of the car.

The parang was found by police underneath the front passenger seat of the car.

Tuty Shaninza, 36, the prosecution's 20th witness, had also told the court that she had not seen Aminulrasyid bringing along a parang before the incident while Mahali said he had never placed a parang in the car which he bought in 2006 and handed over to Tuty Shaninza, four months after buying it.

All three witnesses also denied being able to recognise the parang when the exhibit was shown to them by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar.

They were testifying in the trial of Cpl Jenain Subi, 48, who has been charged with causing the death of Aminulrasyid, 15, at Jalan Tarian 11/2 in Section 11 here between 1.10am and 2am on April 26.

Jenain has been charged under Section 304 (a) of the Penal Code which provides for jail up to 30 years and also can be fined, if convicted.

In yesterday's proceedings, chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong had told to court that the rusted knife had not been used for a long time and that there were no blood stains on it which made DNA profiling difficult.

Earlier, Tuty Shaninza had told the court that Aminulrasyid was the youngest of eight siblings and broke down when asked to identify the boy in a photograph.

She said on April 25, she had driven the car to her mother''s house at No: 26, Jalan Makyong 11/2G, Seksyen 11, to spend a night there and on arrival saw Aminulrasyid doing school homework at the dining table.

The witness then said that the family had dinner following which the boy continued doing his homeworks while she went upstairs to her mother's room to sleep and that the keys to car were placed at a key holder in the living room.

Tuty Shaninza, a colour specialist, then said at around 3.30am the next day, she received a call from her husband asking about the whereabouts of the Proton Iswara to which she replied was in the porch.

"My husband asked me to check if it was still there and when I went to the porch it wasn't and only a Proton Saga car belonging to my younger brother, Muhammad Shahreeman Putra was there.

"Then my husband asked me to check whether Aminulrasyid was present at home but he was the only family member missing. I tried to call him on his handphone but there was no answer.

"When I found the car was not there, I went to the front gate and that was when I noticed police patrol cars at the entrance junction to my mother's house.

"I immediately woke up my mother and Muhammad Shahreeman and all of us headed to the scene. When we got there we asked the policemen what had happened but they did not say anything.
"Then I saw my car in a tilted position in front of a white wall and when I tried to near it, police blocked me," she said, adding that police were also not helpful in answering her queries and cited that they could not say anything without authorisation from above.

The witness said she only came to know what had happened when asked to identify her son's body at the mortuary of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang at 3pm on the day of the incident.

Tuty Shaninza also told the court that Aminulrasyid was a bright boy who was active in sports and had never talked back to her, and when questioned by defence counsel Salim Bashir had answered that she had no knowledge if he had any disciplinary problems.

She also said that the boy had never driven a car or was taking driving lessons before the incident and that she and elder members of the family were responsible for ferrying him around.

However, she agreed with Salim's suggestion that it was beyond her knowledge if Aminulrasyid had ever driven a car.

The hearing before Judge Latifah Mohd Tahar continues on Oct 28. -- BERNAMA