More on Kedah Riot 1947- The Straits Times dated 1st April 1947 reported that the Coroner who judged the Bukit Sembilan case of police brutality found the killing of a labourer during labour protest at Bukit Sembilan Estate as “justifiable killing"
Police Killing Was Justified
From Our Correspondent
Penang, Monday
Stating that there was no evidence of gross negligence on the part of
the constable who struck deceased, the Coroner Mr. A.M Austin today returned a
verdict of justifiable homicide on Samy, an Indian labourer, who succumbed to
injuries received when a police party attempted to disperse a crowd of
labourers at Bukit Sembilan Estate on the afternoon February 29.
Mr. Austin, in delivery his finding, added he was satisfied that the
injuries were incurred by deceased when police took lawful measures to disperse
an unlawful assembly.
The inquiry opened on Saturday, when after recording evidence from the
Kedah Police Commissioner Mr. A. C Maxwell and other witness, the coroner
reserved his verdicts.
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