Updated on 9 Feb 2009 at 2.20pm Corrected 1:18pm, 9 Feb 2009 Roslan Shaharun (source: Parlimen.gov.my); “Perpaduan teras kejayaan” sign in Bukit Gantang (© esfairoz / flickr.com) IPOH, 9 Feb 2009: The PAS Member of Parliament for Bukit Gantang in Perak, (corrected) Roslan Shaharum, passed away this morning, paving the way for a by-election in […]
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Suspect dies fleeing police
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: A suspected armed robber died while fleeing police when he fell from the 10th floor of the hardcore poor apartments in Jinjang during a morning police raid. Sentul police district chief, ACP Zakaria Pagan said the suspect, Muslizal Muhammad, 24, tried to get to the 10th floor from the 12th […]
Kugan case: Police papers to be submitted tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Feb 2009: The police will submit the investigation papers on the death of car theft suspect A Kugan to the Attorney-General’s chambers tomorrow, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said today. “The investigation papers sent last week lacked several crucial information and the police have improved them but I don’t want […]
Ops Sikap: 19 killed in road accidents
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Feb 2009: Fifteen deaths recorded from 831 road accidents nationwide yesterday, bringing the death toll to 201 since the launch of the 19th Ops Sikap on 19 Jan. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said of the number of deaths, 10 involved motorcyclists. Municipal roads recorded the highest number of […]
Ops Sikap: 14 died in accidents yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jan 2009: Fourteen people died in road accidents nationwide on the 10th day of the 19th Ops Sikap yesterday. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the victims comprised 12 motorcyclists, a motorist and a pedestrian. Municipal roads recorded the most number of accidents with 396 cases followed by federal […]
Six people arrested at Kugan’s funeral (Updated)
(Updated 7:43pn, 28 Jan 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Six men, one of them a wanted criminal, were arrested at the funeral today of A Kugan, who died in police custody, at the main entrance of the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Petaling Jaya. Brickfields police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul […]
Police arrest five outside UMMC mortuary
PETALING JAYA, 28 Jan 2009: Police arrested five men from among a crowd outside the mortuary of the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) today just before the hearse bearing the body of A Kugan was to begin the funeral procession to Puchong. Three of the men were held for wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hindraf”, […]
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’s death classified as murder (Updated 10:10pm)
Bernama report(Updated 10:10pm; 23 Jan 2009) Cause of police detainee’s death to be investigated by the police (magnifying glass pic © Steve Woods / sxc.hu) PUTRAJAYA, 23 Jan 2009: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has classified the death of car theft suspect A Kugan while in police custody as murder. Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail […]
Bar wants independent investigation
By N Shashi KalaKUALA LUMPUR, 23 Jan 2009: The Bar Council has called for prompt and serious action by the authorities, including an immediate and thorough investigation into the death of police detainee A Kugan, preferably by an independent committee. “We are shocked and appalled that yet another young man has died in police custody,” Bar president Datuk […]
