[VIDEO] MyWatch Update: After Shooting, Sanjeevan Giving Up On MyWatch?

R. Sri Sanjeevan is a pale shadow of his former self. He has lost 15kg, shaved his head and wears a brace on his chest, hiding horrific surgical scars – no thanks to his close brush with death when a motorcycle pillion rider fired a shot at him in Bahau in July. And he’s also a beaten man.

The MyWatch chairman is leaving his advocacy days behind, saying that continuing his work was “not worth another bullet or his family’s safety”. “I am thinking of a natural death for MyWatch. As a patriotic Malaysian, I’ve done my part and have been beaten and shot at for it”.

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“Since I woke up, I’ve been told the police have locked up my informers and friends, like Ramesh Balakrishnan who was with me when I was shot. They accused him of being involved with drugs when he has been clean for three years,” he said.

For now, Sanjeevan will be focusing on recovering and hopes to make a come back soon to help the public in fighting crime. Sanjeevan said he was more worried about his family’s safety and hoped the police would protect them, too.

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While his NGO career may be over, Sanjeevan said he would continue being a Negri Sembilan exco member for PKR.

Sanjeevan suffered temporary amnesia and couldn’t even remember his own parents.

“But I remember now and I can remember everything that happened when I got shot.

“On July 2, after having lunch with my family in Bahau, I visited my friend’s house nearby and was driving near a junction, when I saw a motorcycle with a pillion rider approaching my car.

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“I had crab curry for lunch and was fetching my friend. When we were at the junction, the motorcycle pulled up and the pillion rider took out the gun. I saw his face."

"He was an Indian, fat and tall. He shot once and I felt the bullet go through my arm and my lung and into my side. I just thought: ‘I’m dead, I’m dead"

“I felt the bullet going in. It was very painful. The assailant obviously came with the intention to kill me. I managed to escape but was in terrible pain and felt as though hot water was being poured on me. When I opened my eyes I found myself in hospital,”

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PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng, "You cannot blame the people from suspecting a major cover up to protect the cops with connection to the drug lords or crime or vice syndicates."

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Patron (now ex-patron) of MyWatch has quit the watchdog to lead his own non-governmental organisation. Former MyWatch secretary-general V. Ravindran will be joining him.

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Ravindran said he left MyWatch because even as secretary-general he was not consulted on several matters involving the crime watchdog.

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Ravindran, "I've also heard of disturbing news before Sanjeevan's shooting and decided to distance myself from MyWatch."

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MyWatch adviser Gobi told The Malaysian Insider that earlier information on police's involvement in Sanjeevan's shooting was not true. He said new evidence has come up to suggest that the shooting was related to drug gangs.

MyWatch co-founder S Gobikrishnan hopes that the crime busting NGO’s chairman R Sri Sanjeevan – now recuperating after being shot at by unknown assailants – would not be suffering from a permanent case of amnesia.

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Sanjeevan's father P.Ramakrishnan as saying his son had no memory of the murder attempt on his life nor could he recognise anyone, including himself.
Doctors said that the cause of his amnesia was most probably due to Sanjeevan being in a coma for 10 days.

“He asked me who he was and why he was there. I said to him: ‘You are Sanjeevan. You are my son. You had an accident.’

“This is a big disaster to the family after all the stress we have gone through,” Rama­krishnan said yesterday.

“He can sit in the chair now and eat the porridge that his mother feeds him. And he can even speak now. My boy has improved a lot. We will slowly help him recover to his full self. I hope he will,” he said.

Sanjeevan’s father P Ramakrishnan meanwhile said his son’s condition had improved when he visited him yesterday in Serdang Hospital’s ICU ward.
“He was in a very good condition. He asked for food and my wife fed him. However he seems to be suffering from amnesia,” Ramakrishnan told FMT.

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Bukit Aman is now heading the investigation into the attempted murder of R. Sri Sanjeevan, the anti-crime activist’s father said, voicing his relief at the commitment from the police.

P. Ramakrishnan, father of the MyWatch chief, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar informed him last Friday that federal CID director Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah is leading the taskforce on his son’s shooting.

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“He’s already confirmed with me that he’ll thoroughly investigate the matter,” Ramakrishnan, Sanjeevan's father said. “He’s personally taking good care of this matter. I feel much better. I’m relieved,” he added.

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Sanjeevan was wheeled into the operation theatre at 2.30pm and some three hours later, the police team left the hospital with the bullet. Sanjeevan was wheeled out at 6.20pm and the doctors said the operation was a success.

As Sanjeevan was on the operating table at the Serdang Hospital, a police team and the victim's father were at loggerheads as to who will get to have the bullet.

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Sanjeevan's father, P. Ramakrishnan, was adamant that the team of four policemen from the Jempol district police headquarters and Seremban should not be given the bullet.

"He was shouting. He also mentioned a police officer's name from Negri Sembilan, " said the father. That is why Ramakrishnan feared that the investigation into Sanjeevan's shooting may be compromised if it was handled by Negri Sembilan police. "Any evidence should be handled by Bukit Aman," he said.

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The family was told that the bullet will be taken to the police forensic lab in Cheras for tests. They were also told that Bukit Aman was now in charge of the investigations.

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“The doctors have decided to perform the operation today to remove the blood clot and bullet from his lung,” Sanjeevan’s father P Ramakrishnan told FMT.
“That is the main reason behind Sanjeevan’s breathing difficulties all this while,” he said.

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Ramakrishnan, however, said the operation, which is still in progress, has been interrupted by the presence of police officers from the Jempol CID.

He said the officers have insisted on being present in the operating theatre in order to obtain the bullet for investigation purposes.

"But they came here anyway and are causing some hanky panky," Ramakrishnan alleged.

“I have lodged a report asking for Bukit Aman to take over Sanjeevan’s case, but my requests have fallen into deaf ears.
“Now the police want to take the bullet casing back to Jempol where the incident occurred. This is unfair,” he said.

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Any operation on MyWatch chief R Sanjeevan at this stage would be risky said Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today.

Noor Hisham said: “It is a clinical decision. The benefit must outweigh the risk. Scanned images have shown there are no major injuries to Sanjeevan’s vital organs.”

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The doctors’ conservative approach of inserting a chest drainage tube into the penumothorax, according to Noor Hisham, is safer than performing an operation on him at this point in time.

Police have several leads in connection with the shooting of MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan in Bahau, Negri Sembilan, said Bukit Aman's CID director Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah.

Police are waiting for anti-crime activist R Sri Sanjeevan to regain consciousness at Hospital Serdang, so that they can interview him.

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"We are still investigating and we have some information that we are probing. In the meantime, it is important to interview Sri Sanjeevan and we hope we can do that as soon as possible when the hospital allows us to."

Sanjeevan is recuperating at Hospital Serdang but is unconscious due to the drugs he has been given to allow him to recover.

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Patron of non-governmental organisation (NGO) Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) and former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that Sanjeevan had been vocal in exposing crime syndicates linked to the police.

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"Maybe one of these underground gangs was disgruntled by his statement and sent out a hit on him," Musa said. However, he said he does not know if the police were linked to the shooting incident.

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"Sanjeevan is not in a comma but he is highly sedated. His health condition is good and improving," said MyWatch chairman's father P. Ramakrishnan, 64, when contacted on Wednesday.

The right arm of MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan has been operated on. Radin Shamsulkamar tweeted: “LATEST on @SanjeevanSS : 1st surgery for rght arm wnt well. Ventilator spport to be off tmrw. Rcovry progresing.”

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Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said that the suspects had been identified, but the police still needed time to thoroughly investigate the case.

When asked about the revelation of an internal memo alleging that some policemen were involved with the underworld, Khalid said Sanjeevan never passed such a document to the police.

The suspects behind the attempted murder of MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan could have been his own friends. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said initial investigations had led police to this startling revelation.

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Khalid declined to elaborate further as investigations led by Federal CID director Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah were still on-going, a news portal reported.

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After 24 hours in the Serdang Hospital, the condition of NGO MyWatch chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan, who was shot by assailants on Saturday, has improved, his father said today.

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P Ramakrishnan told Malaysiakini that Sanjeevan's condition had improved slightly compared to yesterday but remains unconscious and not fully stable.

"Doctors have said that they need to stabilise him further, and only when he is fully stable can the surgery be done," Ramakrishnan said, adding that doctors have not given a definite time frame for the surgery to take place.

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“The bullet is still inside him and doctors are waiting for his condition to stabilise." There was heavy police presence at the intensive care unit and only immediate family members were allowed to visit Sanjeevan.

The condition of crime watchdog MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan, who was shot on Saturday, has worsened due to an internal bleeding, said his father, R. Ramakrishnan.

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According to doctors who treated Sanjeevan at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital, the shooting affected his heart and lungs, said Ramakrishnan.

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“We’ve tried to whisper in his ear, but he didn’t give any response and remained unconscious,” he said when met at the hospital here, yesterday.

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Ramakrishnan, 64, said his son had to be transferred to the Serdang Hospital, Selangor today as there were no surgeons who could perform a surgery to remove a bullet from his rib cage.

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Anti-crime watchdog MyWatch chief R. Sri Sanjeevan lodged at least two police reports on threats to his life before he was shot by unknown assailants on Saturday.

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"Saya sudah banyak kali memintanya supaya berhati-hati. Saya nasihatkan dia untuk tidak terlalu menyiasat perkara ini, tetapi dia berdegil," kata bapa Sanjeevan, P Ramakrishnan.

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He was making arrangements for round-the-clock security protection for his family when he was shot on Saturday. "He told us about receiving the threats but he did not tell us who was responsible".

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As Sanjeevan fights for his life, those close to him are getting jittery about their own safety; but not his father, "I'm an old man, my body parts have no value anymore."

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Federal CID chief Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah who is overseeing the investigation into the case also checked out a previous report lodged by Sanjeevan who claimed he was being followed from the LCCT in Sepang.

Eight hours before he was shot, Sanjeevan posted on his Twitter account saying: "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!"

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Hours before he was shot, MyWatch chief R Sri Sanjeevan disclosed to PKR's Rafizi Ramli that he had a list of names of police officers being investigated for drug-related offences.

The PKR strategy director said Sanjeevan told him that he was convinced the crimes were serious as the police officers in question were being investigated under sections of the law that carried the death penalty.

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[VIDEO] In the shocking video, Sanjeevan and a former drug pusher says that the police kept him in business as long as he gave them what they wanted.

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Police were not involved in the shooting of MyWatch chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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He denied rumours that police were behind Sanjeevan's shooting, saying he would ensure investigations were accelerated and those responsible arrested. "I know Sanjeevan personally and I will make sure that there are no police involved in the incident".

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Musa also said in a Twitter message that he believes the murder attempt on Sanjeevan was linked to a revelation he made on police involvement in syndicated crimes and illegal activities.

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“I hope the police will do a thorough investigation to trace the suspect as he (Sanjeevan) had received death threats due to his revelation on police involvement with activities of syndicated crime and illegal activities,” said Musa in his twitter handle @TSMusaHassan.

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Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar vows a thorough investigation on the shooting of R.Sri Sanjeevan, the chairman of anti-crime NGO MyWatch.

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@SGobikrishnan: Sanjeevan being brought to Seremban GH.

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The 29-year-old is now in critical condition at the Kuala Pilah Hospital, at 10.30pm, Astro AWANI was told by a source at the hospital that he was still “not stable yet”.

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Sanjeevan, who was in his car with a friend, had stopped at a traffic light near Taman Cempaka in Jempol at 4.30pm. He had wound down his window when a motorcycle pulled up alongside and fired at him.

A policeman from the Jelebu police headquarters allegedly threatened to shoot the chairman of MyWatch early this morning, minutes after he informed Bukit Aman of illegal gambling outlets operating in the area.

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R Sri Sanjeevan received a call from a private number saying: “You bastard. You watch out. We are going to shoot you down tonight. You are stepping on too many toes.”

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Recently, Sanjeevan highlighted a case where an ex-drug dealer claimed to have bribed policemen for information on impending stakeouts.

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MyWatch recently gave details on the alleged involvement of Malacca and Negeri Sembilan police officers in drug syndicates.

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MyWatch, a non-governmental organisation closely affiliated to Pakatan Rakyat's security advisory council, gained significance several months ago when former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Musa Hassan joined the organisation as an adviser.

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The aim is to prevent, identify, manage, investigate and deal with fraud and corruption.

Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) is an initiative to bust the trespassers and to bring the crime rate under control in this growing and rapidly changing environment.