IGP: A right to self-defence does not mean you can kill someone


KUALA LUMPUR: The public has been advised to study the legal provisions under Section 99 of the Penal Code to understand the right to self-defence before making assumptions, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pic).

Khalid was responding to the probe over the decision to charge a man who allegedly killed a robber in self-defence for murder in Terengganu.

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Crime , Self-defence , IGP , Murder

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