Constable Fatimah Abdul Wahap said under questioning that she did not record any magazines
or bullets taken out by Sirul. |
THE armoury of Malaysia’s elite police unit did not maintain a proper record of
the number of bullets taken out by its members from January to October last
year, a court was told yesterday.
The revelation is a fresh setback to the image of the 300-strong Unit Tindakan
Khas (UTK), or Special Action Force.
The testimony yesterday was given by Constable Fatimah Abdul Wahap, 30, one of
several officers in charge of the UTK armoury. She was one of four officers who
took the stand.
According to Constable Fatimah, she was responsible for an entry in the armoury
record which showed that one of the accused, Sirul Azhar Umar, had been issued
a Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun with a silencer.
She told the court that UTK officers requesting weapons must produce a supporting letter from a senior officer.
The officers must also fill in a weapons registry book and write down details
such as the date and time, and the number of weapons, magazines and bullets taken out.
Constable Fatimah said under questioning that she did not record any magazines
or bullets taken out by Sirul.
The prosecution said that the constable was not the only one who failed to keep
proper records, and that other officers in charge of the registry were also
negligent.
Constable Fatimah was then asked how she keeps a record of the number of
bullets used or returned.
She replied that a fixed number of bullets is issued together with each weapon
and that officers would return all the bullets.
Asked if Sirul had returned all the bullets issued to him when he returned the
weapon on Oct 30, the officer said she remembered that Sirul took and returned
all 60 bullets.
