BY LIZAWATI MADFA
SHAH ALAM, JUNE 16: The Inspector-General of Police said that the Malaysian Royal Police Force (PDRM) is reclassifying the case as murder.
He confirmed the reinterpretation of the case which had caused the death of the 18 year old teen in Penang.
“We will reclassify the case as murder,” he said as quoted by Astro Awani.
He was reported to have said that after the Terawih and Moreh Ceremony with Prime Minister, at the Bukit Aman Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.
Earlier, the North-East District Police Chief, ACP Anuar Omar had not rule out the possibility that Nhaveen’s case will be reclassified as murder and will be investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
He said, the five suspects aged between 16 and 20 are being investigated according to Section 148 of the Penal Code for rioting with weapons.
Yesterday, Nhaveen was confirmed dead at around 5.30 in the evening, after being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Penang Hospital for about six days.
Last June 11, Nhaveen was beaten by a group of men near the Karpal Singh Learning Centre, Jalan Kaki Bukit, Georgetown.
The beating had caused him to be brain-dead and the hospital examination had also found him to have been sexually assaulted.
Nhaveen’s memorial service is expected to be held today after the autopsy is completed.
Nhaveen’s case reclassified as murder
