KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 5 -- Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to order an independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of three men in Malacca, saying the PM "should publicly address this grave public concern."

The DAP leader also called on Anwar to direct Home Minister Senator Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to ensure a fair, transparent, and professional probe into the incident.

Lim said investigators must determine whether the officers had executed the men and whether the police's public account matched what actually occurred.

"There is no doubt the alleged, shocking audio recording of the final moments by the wife of one of the deceased, before, during, and after the three men were...