Gunshots went 'pop, pop, pop': Azamuddin

The star witness in the Aminulrasyid Amzah shooting case testifies that a steady stream of bullets had been let loose at the car he was in during the fatal chase on April 26.

Azamuddin Omar, who was a passenger in the car, said the shots had come in almost staccato fashion as the driver Aminulrasyid tried to shake off the pursuers.

"I heard the shots go ‘pop, pop, pop, pop’," he told the Shah Alam Sessions Court during examination-in-chief by DPP  Idham Abd Ghani.

Azamuddin disputed the final position in which Aminulrasyid's body was found in the white Proton Iswara that the latter was driving, after it crashed into a wall at the end of the car chase.

The teenage witness said this was not as shown in the pictures taken by forensic police.

Azamuddin said the last he saw of his friend, Aminulrasyid's upper body was slumped on the passenger seat while his legs were still near the pedals below the driver's seat.

The 15-year-old added that at no time did he see the machete that police said they found in the car after the fatal shooting.

When shown the machete tendered as evidence and asked if he recognised the weapon, Azamuddin answered in the negative.

"Saya rasa memang takde (I'm pretty sure there was none)," he said when asked if there was a machete in the car.

'No knowledge of weapon'

Under cross-examination, co-defence counsel Salim Bashir challenged Azamuddin's account of the incident, questioning how the car managed to stay straight after Aminulrasyid's head had slumped into Azamuddin's lap.

Azamuddin had earlier said during cross-examination that he estimated that their car moved another 200-300m forward on Jalan Tarian before crashing into a wall.

When Salim asked who was controlling the steering wheel at the time, the witness replied that no one was steering the car.

When questioned how it was possible for the car to move so far without anyone steering, Azamuddin pointed out that it was on a straight road.

He however agreed with Salim's assertion that the police had at that time assumed that the occupants of the car were robbers as it was being driven fast and recklessly, and since a machete was later found in the car, among other things.

Azamuddin said he could not be absolutely sure that there was no machete in the car, although he maintained that he had no knowledge of a weapon being kept in it.

The teenager has been released from the witness stand.

The trial will resume after lunch.

Corporal Jenain Subi, 48, is charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for causing Aminulrasyid's death at Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11, Shah Alam, between 1.10am and 2am on April 26.