Ex-IGP links Jempol shootings to expose on cops

The attempt to murder anti-crime NGO MyWatch chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan is likely linked to his recent exposé on police personnel with crime syndicates links, former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan said.

"I hope the police will do a thorough investigation to trace (the) suspect as he (Sanjeevan) had received several threats... (due to) his revelation on police involvement with activities of syndicated crime and illegal activities," he said on Twitter late Saturday night.

Sanjeevan, himself, appeared to have foretold his fate in a tweet hours before he was gunned down.

He also appeared to have tried to alert current Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar on the imminent threat.

"A cop told some syndicate fellow that he'll get them firearm(s) and told them to fire shots at my house to scare me or my family," he said, in the tweet, which tags both Khalid's and the official Royal Police Force's Twitter handles.

According to the Star, Sanjeevan was gunned down at about 4.30pm today in Jempol, Negri Sembilan.

He is reportedly in stable but critical condition after undergoing surgery at the Kuala Pilah Hospital.

Shot in the chest

Astro Awani, meanwhile, reports that the 29-year-old was shot in a cold-blooded fashion by two motorcyclists while he was driving, at a junction near Taman Cempaka there.

"He was apparently smoking and has his windshield was down when two men on a red motorcycle came from behind.

"The pillion rider then took out a gun and shot at Sanjeevan. He was injured in his right chest by one bullet but it is unclear how many shots were fired," read the report.

It also quoted a source as saying that the pillion rider got off the motorcycle after the shots were fired, but the victim managed to drive off.

His friend, who was in the silver BMW with Sanjeevan took over the wheel several hundred meters later and rushed the victim to the hospital.

Sanjeevan had received death threats since last January and was assaulted in Kuala Lumpur in April.

He was accompanied by Musa, who is MyWatch's patron, when he lodged a police report on the assault.

Ominously, Sanjeevan then said that he had also received a call allegedly from a police officer from the Jempol police station, claiming that some gangs were ready to "kill" him.