KUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: History was almost made when a government motion on the DNA Identification Bill was one vote short of being defeated in Parliament today. A provisional amendment to Sections 2 and 3 of the Bill, proposed by the government, was passed by a sliver-thin one-vote majority. Forty-eight Members of Parliament (MPs) voted […]
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Kugan’s mother applies for return of post-mortem papers
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: The mother of A Kugan, who died while in police custody four months ago, today filed a notice of motion to compel the police to return documents, tissue samples and bodily fluids of her son which were seized from Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). N Indra, 41, a hotel housekeeper, […]
Cops await autopsy report over lock-up death
PENANG, 9 April 2009: The police are still waiting for the autopsy report of a man who died in the lock-up of the Jalan Patani police station on 28 March. Penang Contingent Police Headquarters Media Relations Officer Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said that once the victim, Lim Sin Chong, 40, who was detained to […]
Kugan case: Raid on pathologist office condemned
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 April 2009: Lawyers representing A Kugan’s family condemned the “raid” by police officers yesterday on the office of the pathologist who had conducted the second post-mortem on the dead detainee. Counsel Gobind Singh Deo said the seizure of several samples collected by University Malaya Medical Centre pathologist Dr Prashand N Samberkar, who […]
Freed ISA detainee wants to return to teaching
TAWAU, 6 April 2009: Mohd Nazri Dollah, who was freed from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention along with 12 others yesterday, said he is willing to resume his service as a teacher if he is allowed to do so. Mohd Nazri, who arrived at his home at Mile 1.5 in Jalan Apas at about 4.10pm […]
Kugan died of acute pulmonary oedema (Updated 11.38pm)
(Updated 11:38pm, 6 April 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 6 April 2009: Remand prisoner A Kugan died of swelling or fluid build-up in the lungs, due to acute inflammation of the heart muscle compounded by blunt force trauma, an independent committee investigating the two post-mortem reports on him concluded. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican […]
Hindraf duo sent home
By Surin MurugiahKAMUNTING, 5 April 2009: The authorities at the Kamunting detention centre decided this morning to send freed Hindraf duo R Kenghadharan and V Ganabatirau [to] their respective homes. Ganabatirau’s wife B Buvaneswari was informed by an official at the centre at 10.30am of the decision to “see your husband in the house”. She said the […]
Kugan case: S’gor police chief gives statement
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Feb 2009: Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar was at the Sepang district police headquarters today to give his statement pertaining to the case of car theft suspect A Kugan who died in a police lock-up on 20 Jan. Khalid arrived there at about 3pm and completed giving his statement to […]
Family to send Kugan’s tissue samples to Oz
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 […]
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 […]
