Anthony A/L Ponnusamy is shot dead by Malaysian Police. August 2002

Name	Age	Date	Circumstance of death
Anthony a/l Ponnusamy		August 24, 2002	The widow Vasanthi A/P Perumal (25) who was five (5) moths pregnant at that time in her police report No.1211/02 (Mantin) said that her husband bought her breakfast and left for work on 23/08/2002. From 12.00 pm on 23/08/2002 right up to the next day morning she kept calling him persistently on the phone but to no avail. The widow alleges that the newspaper stories about her husband being involved in guns for hire, extortion, gangster isu etc was false news published and was a prelude / justification for killing her husband. She further alleged that the police pre-planned her husband's murder and does nor believe the police's version that her husband was behaving suspiciously, waiting to hijack a lorry, shot at the police the police returned fire and her husband was killed. She furhter said that her husband would not be stupid to shoot when a group of (armed) policemen supposedly cornered him. Despite a request in the said police reports an Inquest is yet to be held and neither has the Bukit Aman CID Chief and the other policemen who shot her husband are yet to be investigated and / or charged for murder. Despite officially requesting for a detailed explanation from the Inspector General of Police within 14 days as to how her husband died nothing is forthcoming as of date.