[NEW UPDATE] Police Accidentally Shoots 10-Year-Old Boy In The Throat

Bukit Aman has suspended the policeman who accidentally shot a child in an accident in Kampung Belanja Kiri Parit on Oct 14.

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Perak Police chief Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said the directive was made on Friday and a letter on the suspension was expected to be received next week.

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"The letter will be handed to the policeman concerned. How long he is to be suspended will depend on the situation but normally it depends on the duration of the hearing. But I believe the case will be given priority," he told reporters after handing over prizes to winners of the Inspector-General of Police Cup Golf Competition, here today.

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He said the investigation paper on the case had been submitted to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
“Our investigation encompasses numerous procedures including having firearm while on leave, not surrendering firearm to the armoury and not complying with procedure when emptying the firearm,” he said.

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"He's extremely traumatised by the incident, he would even cry at the sight of doctors and nurses checking on him...his neck could recover after 2-3 months but he may never recover if he continues to be stressed," said Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital neurosurgeon Dr Cheang Chee Keong.

Child surgeon Dr Alex Khoo said failure to give Amar some breathing space would disrupt his recovery and cause him to suffer post-traumatic stress syndrome.

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A medical team specially set up by the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) successfully removed the bullet lodged in the throat of 10-year-old Mohd Amar Mohd Azizi, here today.

It is learnt that Mohd Amar Mohd Azizi was wheeled into the operation theatre of Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here at 8am yesterday.
"A team of six specialists began operating on Amar at 10am," said a source, adding that the procedure was completed at 12.30pm.

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“The operation was a success and Amar is stable. But he’s not allowed visitors at the moment as he must rest. We’ll have a press conference tomorrow,” State Health, Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi.

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HRPB director Dr Raja Lope Ahmad Raja Ariffin said the operation had posed serious risks including the possibility of the boy ending up paralysed or mute.

The hospital's neurosurgeon, Dr Cheang Chee Keong, said since the surgery to remove the bullet was a risky one, the medical team would have to decide on the best way to minimise it.

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The injury is so rare and risky that opinions are being sought from specialists all over the country on the best approach. The surgery is scheduled later today or tomorrow.

Dr Cheang, who is attending to the boy, said Amar was stable and responding to treatment. He is able to move, talk and eat. The medical team also successfully stopped Amar's nose bleed.

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"He is indeed one lucky boy. His condition is quite safe at the moment and we are in no hurry to operate on him. We will rope in specialists from hospitals throughout the country to see how we can best remove the bullet while minimising the risks on him."

Yesterday, state Health Committee chairman Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi said the 10-year-old would be dead had the bullet landed 1cm away from the wound.

Nolee Ashilin said she was surprised when she learned he could still run home to seek help after being hit by the bullet which entered his head through the right side of his nose.

He said if the bullet had penetrated one centimetre more from where it stopped, it would have penetrated Amar's spinal cord and caused the boy to be paralysed neck down or killed him.

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Seorang budak lelaki yang cedera terkena tembakan di leher dekat Kampung Belanja Kiri, Parit di sini pada Sabtu lalu menyangka bunyi yang terlepas daripada pistol seorang anggota polis adalah letupan mercun.

Mohd. Amar Mohd. Azizi, 10, berkata, ketika kejadian pukul 4.30 petang itu, dia sedang bermain bersama beberapa rakan di atas jalan tar mini kira-kira 40 meter dari lokasi sarjan itu sedang mengosongkan peluru.

"Kami nampak percikan api dan bunyi letupan kuat. Selepas itu, saya berasa hidung saya panas dan berdarah. "Pada mulanya, saya sangka ia bunyi mercun," cerita mangsa.

Sarjan tertembak kanak-kanak 10 tahun ketika kosongkan senjata

A schoolboy was shot in the neck when a pistol went off while a policeman was removing its bullets in front of a house in Kampung Belanja Kiri, Parit yesterday.

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Mohd Amar Mohd Azizi, 10, was about 40 metres away from the house belonging to the policeman's mother-in-law when the bullet penetrated his throat in the incident about 4.30pm.

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Mohd Amar Mohd Azizi was hit at Kampung Belanja Kiri, Parit on Monday at about 4.30pm.

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The victim was sent to a clinic in Parit and later, to the Batu Gajah Hospital before he was transferred to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital to undergo an operation to remove the slug.

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He was rushed to the Parit health clinic but was then transferred to the Batu Gajah hospital for an X-ray examination.

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Central Perak police deputy chief DSP Leong Ah Kow said an X-Ray had shown that a slug from the policeman's P-99 pistol was lodged in the victim's throat.

The policeman, believed to be an assistant investigating officer with the Taiping police headquarters, has been detained to facilitate investigations.

"Initial investigations revealed that the suspect was emptying his firearm when it was discharged, resulting in the boy being shot in the neck," he said in a statement here today.

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He said the policeman's gun and a magazine with 14 rounds of ammunition were seized for investigations.

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