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PETALING JAYA: Police say the elderly man who shot dead a robber in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday had a right to defend himself.
Selangor deputy Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Khaw Kok Chin said the 72-year-old man had no choice but to act swiftly to save his family when they were threatened by the robber at their home.Khaw said this when he was asked if the man would be investigated for killing the 17-year-old robber.
"Of course, he didn't wait for the robber to harm his family first. It was a case of self-defence," he said.
R. Jeevan was shot dead in the man's house in Jalan SS8/8 about 9.40am after he and an accomplice climbed over the gate and broke into it.
One of his relatives, B. Jayantheran, 47, said the owner of the house should have fired a warning shot to alert the robbers that he had a weapon."It seems like he wanted to kill Jeevan. Why couldn't he have shot him in the leg?" he said.
It was learnt that police had arrested one of the four suspects who fled the scene on Tuesday night.
Petaling Jaya police chief Assistant Commissioner Arjunaidi Mohamed said the 21-year-old man was picked up in Puchong.
Jeevan, who was armed with a parang, had threatened a Cambodian maid, two children, aged 8 and 10, and their 30-year-old father while his accomplice stood by the door with a knife. He ordered the maid to gather all the valuables in the house and pass it to his accomplice as he went upstairs to search the rooms.
The elderly man, who is the children's grandfather, was upstairs and on hearing the commotion he took out his pump action shotgun. He fired two shots at Jeevan, hitting him in the ribs.
The accomplice fled the scene with three other men who were waiting in a car outside the house.
The house owner then called the police and Jeevan was taken to the University Malaya Medical Centre where he died shortly after admission.
Meanwhile, Jayantheran said Jeevan's mother, Vanaja, had lodged a police report against the house owner in Puchong.
He said Vanaja had received a call from the police at noon on Tuesday, informing her of her son's death and proceeded to the hospital to identify his body.
Jayantheran said Jeevan, the eldest of four siblings, had been the sole breadwinner of the family since his father was sent to prison early this year.
He said Jeevan had left school three years ago because he had a learning disability.
"I believe he had mixed with bad company to get involved in all this."
"He worked in workshops and had even dreamt about opening his own workshop one day," he said.
What do you think? That guy was criticized by the family of the deceased for not issuing a warning shot in the first instance. Personally, I don't see what's wrong; if you want to commit a crime, you better be ready to take the heat.
