BALING – The government has assured that it will act to provide justice to the family of the late firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan.
He said the Attorney-General’s Chambers is waiting for the results of the police investigation, understood to be in the final stage.
“An inquest was held in court. The coroner or judge hearing the inquest made a verdict that the cause of death was due to criminal action by two or more unknown people,” he told reporters after a meeting with the mayor and local authorities in Kedah here today.
“Due to the verdict, the prosecutor could not charge anyone because the perpetrator of the crime needs to be identified.
“I understand that the Attorney-General’s Chambers has asked the police to conduct further investigations and that the police have also proposed a new inquest. But so far there has been no new inquest,” he said.
Takiyuddin said this while commenting on the disappointment of Adib’s family with the proposal to hold another inquest into the death of the firefighter, given how long they have been waiting for justice.
Adib, 24, who was a member of the emergency medical rescue services unit from the Subang Jaya fire and rescue Station, died on December 17, 2018 from serious injuries he sustained during a riot at the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in USJ25, Subang Jaya on November 27 the same year.
On September 27 last year, the Shah Alam coroner’s court ruled that the fireman's death was the result of a crime committed by more than two or three unknown people. – Bernama, December 20, 2020
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