killer cops

… so said kugan’s lawyer.

read all about it in malaysiakini’s ‘lawyer says it aloud – cops killed kugan‘ (full article below).

of course this is a view shared by many of us too, right? right!

custodial death… under the police. we heard that so often that now we don’t bat an eyelid anymore if we hear about it again… but of course that doesn’t mean we don’t feel the rage. we do. we sure do. like the first custodial death under MACC of teoh beng hock – almost the whole nation felt the rage!!

have you heard of the latest case – r. gunasegaran?

A woman has disputed the official account of her brother’s death, who died in police custody at the Sentul police station on July 16.

According to the police, R Gunasegaran, 31, had died from a drug abuse.

His sister, R Ganga Gowri, 32 (right), disagreed with this version in her police report today in which she alleged that he may have died after being assaulted.

This was claimed by three witnesses who were said to be detained in the same lockup with Gunasegaran, she stated in her police report.

death in custody again. and an indian again. what’s wrong with the police???

WHAT’S WRONG WITH MALAYSIA???

my dear PM, najib, everything’s wrong with your 1malaysia!!!!

coming back to kugan, his lawyer n. surendran, asked why none of the cops were charged when his torture and murder happened in january this year.

“We are running out of patience. If Kugan’s murderers are not charged by the AG, we will carry out mass peaceful demonstrations calling for justice for Kugan,” he warned.

“We have tried all other means. Nothing has worked. We will demonstrate, we will take to the streets, we will never stop until Kugan’s murderers are brought to justice.

i support him if he calls for a demonstration. why, if it is in penang, i would join in too.   yes i hope he and others who are very concerned, will NOT stop calling for justice for kugan.  now the ‘hot’ issue is the cry of justice for teoh beng hock… while at it, we should not forget kugan too.

oh speaking of which i had stated in lim kit siang’s blog that if najib refused to widen the scope of the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to probe into teoh beng hock’s death, pakatan rakyat should organise protests. rally, forums… just like what they were doing before najib agree on a RCI.

kugan and beng hock’s death should not happened at all but it did, so let’s all stand up and voice our protest! let’s all together push for justice! let’s all kicked BN out at the coming election!!

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Malaysiakini

Lawyer says it aloud – cops killed Kugan
S Pathmawathy
Jul 30, 09 5:12pm

The High Court will next Tuesday announce its decision on the preliminary objection from the prosecution over the return of Kugan Ananthan’s post-mortem samples which were confiscated from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) by the police.

The items that were seized include bodily fluids and tissue samples, photographs, documents and other materials relating to the post-mortem done on Kugan by a UMMC pathologist.

Kugan’s family has earlier filed a court application to reclaim the seized items.

Kugan, 22, who was detained in January for alleged involvement in car theft, died after five days in police custody.

His family had rejected the initial post-mortem conducted by Dr Abdul Karim Tajuddin of Serdang Hospital, which stated that the Kugan had died from “fluid accumulation” in his lungs.

A second autopsy was done at UMMC at the request of the family, where pathologist Dr Prashant N Sambekar Prashant concluded that Kugan was severely beaten up resulting in kidney failure and death.

High Court Judge Ghazali Cha today heard written submissions from both the prosecution and lawyers representing Kugan’s mother N Indra (left), who had filed the suit.

Deputy public prosecutor Noorin Badaruddin contended that the search warrant which was granted by the Petaling Jaya Magistrate Court on April 4 to allow the police to raid Prashant’s office was not a “proceeding”.

Noorin added that the family’s application to reclaim the seized items was not lawful as the seizure was done to facilitate police investigations.

Furthermore, Noorin said Indra did not have locus standi in law to apply for her son’s confiscated samples.

“Even if there is an application made or any action to question the search conducted, it can only be done by UMMC as it took place in their premise,” said Noorin.

The suit named four police officers, including inspector-general of police Musa Hassan and criminal investigation department director Mohd Bakri Zinin, as respondents.

The other two are Petaling Jaya district police chief Arjunaidi Mohammed and the officer who raided the pathologist’s office, ACP Mohd Marzukhi Mohd Mokhtar.

The case was classified as murder and 11 police officers were subsequently re-assigned to desk duties. Investigations have since been wrapped up, but no one has been charged.

‘Why are the murderers walking free?’

Lawyer N Surendran, speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, lambasted attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail for not taking speedy action to identify and prosecute Kugan’s murderers.

“We say it openly – the police killed Kugan. We have no doubt about it. If it is not true, they can charge us for criminal defamation…

“The death occurred because of murder and torture which happened in January but now it is now July, and we ask why are the murderers and torturers in uniform allowed to walk free in this country,” expressed Surendran

“We are running out of patience. If Kugan’s murderers are not charged by the AG, we will carry out mass peaceful demonstrations calling for justice for Kugan,” he warned.

“We have tried all other means. Nothing has worked. We will demonstrate, we will take to the streets, we will never stop until Kugan’s murderers are brought to justice.

“We are fed-up waiting and looking at this poor mother and seeing what this unjust state is doing to her… one would think that when the culprits have been identified, within one or two weeks, they would be charged,” said Surendran.

The lawyer also likened Kugan’s death to that of political aide Teoh Beng Hock and added that his death could have been avoided if “a royal commission was formed to review the interrogations process by both the police and other authorities”.

“They allowed Kugan’s case to remain unresolved and Teoh is now dead… all this at the doors of (Prime Minister) Najib (Abdul Razak). His hands are stained in blood because he didn’t institute the necessary reforms,” said Surendran.