KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Feb 2009: The family of A Kugan, the car thief suspect who died while in police custody, will send samples taken from his body for analysis in Australia. The lawyer representing the family, N Surendran, said they decided to do so as they claimed that there was interference by the authorities during […]
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S’gor CPO to give statement on Kugan case
PORT KLANG, 4 Feb 2009: Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar will give his statement to the police next week in connection with the death of car thief suspect A Kugan. Speaking to reporters after visiting the marine police base at the Pulau Indah here, he said, the statement would be recorded by Bukit […]
Reforming the police
By Datuk Dr Denison JayasooriaTHE recent events relating to the death of Kugan Ananthan while in police custody have revived public concern and outcry over the ways police carry out their investigation, especially in interrogating suspects. Death in custody further complicates the situation, and in this case the family, community and general public have lost confidence in the independence […]
Death and the horrors of war
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananGLOOMY news dominated the Tamil papers for the week of 26 Jan to 1 Feb 2009. A Kugan’s death, the ongoing war in Sri Lanka, and the death of a young man in Chennai were widely discussed in the papers. Death in detention Like all other papers in the country, 22-year-old Kugan’s death while in […]
Police report lodged against S’gor CPO
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jan 2009: A police report has been lodged against Selangor Police Chief, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar who claimed that two deputy ministers and the family of car theft suspect, A Kugan, had barged into the Serdang Hospital mortuary on 20 Jan. Member of Parliament for Kapar, S Manikavasagam and lawyer N Surendran […]
Police papers on Kugan’s death on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Jan 2009: Police will submit investigation papers on the death of lock-up detainee A Kugan to the Attorney-General’s Chambers on Wednesday, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said. He said the papers would be ready by tomorrow after several more witnesses were interviewed. “Yesterday, we took statements from 11 police officers […]
Kugan undergoes second post-mortem
PETALING JAYA, 25 Jan 2009: A second post-mortem was today conducted on A Kugan who died whilst in a lock-up at a police station in Subang Jaya. Doctors at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) carried out the post-mortem at noon. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T Murugiah said that Deputy Prime Minister […]
