IPCC is probing Durian Tunggal police shootout, confirms minister

Home Minister Senator Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismaail confirmed that the Independent Police Conduct Commission is probing the police shooting case in Durian Tunggal last year that victimised three Indian men who were killed ‘execution style’.

“In reference to IPCC’s involvement regarding the case, subsection 32 (1) of the IPCC Act empowers the IPCC to iniate a probe on the misconduct on its own initiative in the interest of the public regardless whether a complaint was lodged. This includes the shooting incident in Durian Tunggal, Melaka.

“The Home Ministry has given full freedom to the IPCC as an independent and impartial body to take suitable action in accordance with the legal provision,” Saifuddin said in a written reply to William Leong Jee Keen (PH-Selayang).

Three men were killed on Nov 24 – M Puspanathan, 21, T Poovaneswaran, 24, and G Logeswaran, 29.

Melaka police claimed that there were serial robbers armed with machetes had attacked the police. They also claimed that the incident at around 4am.

Lawyers representing the families of the three men however have evidence in the form of audio recording, forensic evidence as well as new evidence that debunks police claim.

Several MPs have raised issues regarding this case as well.