Three individuals were shot dead by the police at point-blank range. Audio evidence later emerged that directly contradicts the official police narrative. Yet the Melaka Chief Police Officer insisted the victims had attacked the police. When public outrage intensified after the audio was made public, the CPO did not address the killings. Instead, he attacked the credibility of the woman who recorded the audio, questioning her identity, alleging she had a criminal record, and dragging her father into the mud. This was a deliberate attempt to divert attention from the killings and discredit a key witness.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rushed to defend the police, promising “transparent investigations.” These words ring hollow. Transparency is impossible when the officers involved were neither arrested nor suspended, leaving them free to tamper with evidence, coordinate their stories, and evade accountability. If this is the standard of justice under PMX, his claim to be a reformist and champion of the rule of law is deeply compromised.
Only after sustained public pressure did the Attorney General instruct the police to reclassify the case as murder.
Yet even now, the officers involved remain untouched. No arrests. No remand. No consequences. Had civilians been involved, they would have been detained immediately. This glaring double standard exposes a system that protects those in uniform while denying justice to ordinary citizens.
Why is there still no independent investigation? How can the police be trusted to investigate an alleged murder committed by their own officers, especially when the truth only surfaced because audio evidence leaked into the public domain? This is not justice; this is institutional self-preservation.
The situation becomes even more disturbing when the Deputy Law Minister, K. Kulasegaran, was seen standing with the victims’ families outside Bukit Aman demanding justice. Where was the Law Minister? Why was the responsibility pushed onto her deputy? Silence from those in power speaks volumes. Someone is being protected, and it is certainly not the victims.
This is bolehland, where spin replaces truth, misinformation is weaponised, victims are smeared, families are traumatised, independent investigations are denied, and political leaders appease the police instead of holding them accountable.
The question Malaysians must now ask is simple and urgent:
Is there real justice in this country?
Does the rule of law apply to everyone—or only to those without power and uniforms?
If the government is serious about reform, there is only one path forward: suspend the officers involved, arrest and remand them like any other suspect, and appoint a truly independent investigation. Anything less is a betrayal of justice.
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
17.12.2025