Police misconduct revelations led to shooting, says ex-IGP

Sanjeevan being brought to Seremban GH 

(The Malay Mail) - All signs seem to indicate that the shooting of anti-crime activist R. Sri Sanjeevan is linked to his recent revelations on police misconduct, Tan Sri Musa Hassan said in a series of tweets last night.

The former inspector-general of police said via his Twitter account @TSMusaHassan, “I hope the police will do a through (sic) investigation to trace suspects as he had received several threats.”

He also added, “(As a result of) his revelation on police involvement with activities of syndicated crimes and illegal activities.”

The head of the MyWatch crime watchdog was shot by a man riding pillion on a motorcycle that pulled up beside his silver BMW when he wound down his window to smoke a cigarette while at a junction near Taman Awana Indah in Jempol, Negri Sembilan at about 4.30pm yesterday, several news portals reported.

“Two assailants on a red motorcycle pulled up next to him. The pillion rider then fired a shot at Sanjeevan’s right rib,” Jempol police chief Supt Hamzah Alias was quoted as saying by the New Sunday Times.

Sanjeevan managed to drive off despite being badly injured, leaving his assailants behind, but stopped some 300 metres from the scene where his friend who was in the car with him, Ramesh Balakrishnan, 35, took over the wheel to take the victim to Jempol Hospital, the newspaper reported Hamzah as saying.

Sanjeevan was later reported to have been rushed to the Kuala Pilah Hospital for surgery, according to The Star Online news portal.

He is said to be in a stable condition but is not yet out of the woods.

Sanjeevan made a similar allegation yesterday morning on his Twitter account, among the last messages he posted before getting shot.

“A @PDRMsia cop told some syndicate fellow that he’ll get them firearm & told them to fire few shots at my house to scare me/family!” he tweeted in @SanjeevanSS.

[MTadmin - B Ramesh, Sanjeevan's childhood friend who was with him in the car during the shooting has apparently been arrested this morning]