Kugan’s death: One cop to be charged, and not for murder

Absolutely ludicrous. Gives new meaning to the term License To Kill!

Post mortem: Kugan died from beating

KUALA LUMPUR (March 3, 2009) : A second post-mortem conducted on A. Kugan who died in police custody revealed 45 injury marks on his body believed to have been caused by beating repeatedly with a blunt object, according to the family lawyer N. Surendran.

Surendran said he received the results of the post-mortem, issued by the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), at 5pm yesterday. The post-mortem team was headed by Dr Prashant N. Samberkar.

"Extensive haemorrhaging was present within the fatty tissues and the muscles of the upper trunk, lower trunk, both upper limbs and both lower limbs. The findings are consistent with injuries on the external surface," Surendran told a news conference here today.

What's next PDRM? Already reeling from poor PR due to it's partisan behaviour in favor of the ruling government. I thought use of such deadly force

"Rhabdomyolysis is the rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue due to muscle damage. The muscle damage may be caused by physical, e.g. crush injury, chemical or biological factors," he said.

The news conference was also attended by Kugan's family members.

Surendran said Kugan's death was the result of injuries to muscle tissues besides other injuries, including to the heart, kidneys, stomach, neck, backbone and legs.
full article at The Sun

The PDRM (police) faces increasing pressure as the tide of discontent is rising with every incompetent action. They are seen as totally partisan towards the government without any regard for the law they are supposedly upholding.

I thought such use of deadly force is only prevalent in Gaza where the Jews clobber defenseless Palestinians to death. The very same Palestinians who'd gladly wear an explosives vest and blow up as many Jewish man, woman or baby they can find.

Kulim: A few questions for CID chief

Another stinker from the PDRM (cops)! Six baddies are shot dead. Cops recover a semi-automatic Smith & Wesson 9mm with seven rounds of ammunition and a .38 revolver with five bullets were recovered from the bodies. Do the maths! Two handguns, six men and four women in house. Cops barged into house and I suppose one or two of the suspects fired several shots at cops. Cops return fire and kills ALL six of them. Were three men sharing a gun each? Or it is standard procedure to shoot every male whether they are armed or not. Hell, they could be wearing explosive vests under their shirts you know! No mention of how many shots were fired by cops but I'd say plenty.

Unless a thorough forensic examination is done by an acceptable third party we may never know the truth. Just as in the Kugan case , people have doubts about the integrity of such autopsy reports.

Kidnap victim found killed

PORT DICKSON: A 20-year-old student, kidnapped from his home in Bukit Rimau on Jan 25, was found brutally murdered at an oil palm plantation in Sua Betong along the Port Dickson-Pasir Panjang road near here yesterday.

Plantation workers stumbled on the gruesome find at around 7am as they were about to start work.

State police chief SAC I Datuk Os­­man Salleh said the victim’s remains were identified by his father at the hospital mortuary in the afternoon.

“The victim’s neck was almost severed and he also had slash wounds on his face and shoulder.

“We had difficulties identifying him earlier as he did not have any documents on him,” he said.

The victim was a student at a private college near his home.

SAC Osman said Selangor police had earlier identified a suspect involved in the kidnapping.

“I was told that the suspect was related to the victim,” he said, adding that police had yet to establish if the suspect was also involved in the victim’s death.

The victim, who was the only son in the family, had two younger sisters.

It is learnt that the suspect had called the victim’s father a day after his disappearance and demanded a RM100,000 ransom.

However, the father pleaded with the suspect to reduce the sum because he could not raise the amount being a taxi driver.

After negotiations, the suspect agreed to reduce the ransom to RM15,000. The Star

Malaysia has become so unsafe that this is happening even to working class folks!!!

AG classified Kuhan's death as murder

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 23, 2009) : Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has classified the case of A. Kuhan who died in police custody on Tuesday as murder, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Deparment T. Murugiah said today.

He said Abdul Gani has instructed the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of the 22-year old suspected car thief and has given an assurance that the culprits will be prosecuted, possibly next week.

"He has also assured me that Kuhan’s family can get their lawyers when the case is being tried and the investigation process will be carried out smoothly. Most likely, those involved will be charged in court next week.

"There will be no cover-up by anyone," he told reporters at the Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) here today.

Murugiah thanked Abdul Gani for his quick action and being sensitive towards the situation faced by the deceased’s family members.

Kuhan was arrested on Jan 14 to assist police in several robbery and car theft cases. With his assistance, police recovered 15 stolen luxury vehicles. However, he had collapsed and died during interrogation. more in The Sun

Certainly one too many death while in police custody incident. Shit always happens to poor people. You don't hear of some bigwig's (datuk's) son dying while under lock-up, do you?Let me refresh your memory . . . . Asian Human Rights Commission

I watched the news and the injuries on Kugan's body is appalling. If the cops did not do it then who? pics, see for yourself. And the funeral procession .