PUTRAJAYA, July 8 – The Attorney-General (AG) must explain the prolonged delay in taking action over the fatal shooting of three men in Durian Tunggal, Melaka, said Democratic Action Party (DAP) National Chairman Gobind Singh Deo.
It has now been eight months since the incident involving G. Logeswaran, M. Puspanathan and M. Puvaneswaran on Nov 24 last year, yet no definitive legal action or arrests have been made.
He said the delay was highly questionable, particularly after police reclassified the case as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code in December last year.
“The police do not reclassify cases, especially those involving serious offences such as homicide, unless there is a strong evidential basis to do so. The fact that the enforcement agency itself determined that the threshold for a murder investigation was met indicates that there is evidence requiring urgent court action,” he said.
Gobind, who is also the Digital Minister, said new eveidence of an audio recording and post-mortem reports had been produced to assist investigations.
He said any delay in prosecution could affect the quality of evidence, as witness recollections may fade, physical evidence could deteriorate and procedural gaps could emerge over time, creating unnecessary vulnerabilities to the case.
“The AG, as the custodian of justice, is duty-bound to act swiftly and decisively where the evidence points to a criminal offence,” he said.
He called on the AG to take immediate action, saying the victims’ families had waited eight months for justice and public confidence in the criminal justice system was at stake.
Gobind said he would raise the matter at the Cabinet meeting today to ensure accountability and uphold the rule of law.