KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6, 2012): In a dramatic turn of events, former Constable V Navindran, sentenced to three years jail for causing hurt to S Kugan who died in police custody, testified in a High Court today that he was an unwilling “scapegoat”. Navindran, 32, said that before he was charged, the former district police…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — Former police constable V. Navindran claimed here today that he was the “chosen scapegoat” in facing the charge of causing the death of A. Kugan, who was found dead in the Taipan USJ police station, Subang Jaya on Jan 20 2009. Navindran, 32, the second defendant in the RM100 million…
KUALA LUMPUR: The police did not inform A Kugan’s mother that he was arrested despite her repeated queries on his whereabouts, the Kuala Lumpur High Court was told today. Testifying in her RM100 million suit against the deputy IGP and four others, N Indra said she only learnt of her son’s arrest when he died…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 ― The police had sought to hide the injuries on the body of A. Kugan, a suspected car thief who died while under custody three years ago, witness N. Surendran told the High Court here today. Surendran, who was the first witness to testify in the RM100 million negligence suit filed…
Based on preliminary findings, R Kumar Rajah died due to infection of the heart muscle and not because of HIV. PETALING JAYA: A post-mortem has finally been performed on the remains of R Kumar Rajah, 27, who died at the Kajang Prison on Oct 29 after complaining of severe stomach ache. The preliminary findings of…
KUALA LUMPUR: A coalition of 30 NGOs will hold a peaceful rally at Dataran Merdeka on Dec 9 to compel the government to put an end to extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody and other forms of violence perpetrated by the state against members of the public. The rally is scheduled to begin at 2pm. The…
HE only had four more months left to the end of his two-year prison sentence, and had even optimistically asked his mother about the family’s Deepavali preparations this year. But merely five days after M. Sooriakandhi’s last visit to her son, she was told her son died due to AIDS-related complications. R. Kumar Rajah, 27, was…
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR vice-president N Surendran and Subang MP R Sivarasa today demanded the Home Ministry to order the police to refer the remains of R Kumar Rajah for a post-mortem. The Kajang prison inmate was in excruciating pain for several days and died on Oct 29, but his mother M Sooriakandhi was only informed…
PETALING JAYA: A 27-year-old man, serving time at the Kajang prison, died yesterday, and his family is alleging that his life could have been saved if prison authorities had been sensitive to his plight. Relating the case at the Kajang Hospital mortuary, G Sivamalar of Lawyers for Liberty said inmate Kumarajah died due to negligence…
JOHOR BAHRU: Sepasang suami isteri memfailkan saman terhadap empat anggota polis dan tiga yang lain bagi menuntut ganti rugi kerana mendakwa secara cuai menembak mati anak lelaki mereka empat tahun lepas. Sapiah Md Ellah, 54, dan suaminya, Arin Abdullah, 59, dari Felda Simpang Waha, Kota Tinggi, menamakan Konstabel Mohd Izzuddin Rahim, Koperal Masrom, Kostabel Nazmi…
KUALA LUMPUR: The parents of a student, who was allegedly shot dead by the police three years ago, is suing the police and Government for damages over his death. Arin Abdullah, 59, and Sapiah Md Ellah, 54, are seeking general damages, special damages of RM1,850 and other damages deemed fit by the count over the…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Norizan Salleh, 32 menfailkan tuntutan saman dengan menamakan kerajaan Malaysia, ketua polis daerah Sentul, ketua polis negara dan seorang pegawai polis sebagai defendan selepas mangsa tembakan polis tersebut gagal mendapat pembelaan hampir tiga tahun. Norizan mendakwa dia telah menerima lima tembakan dan dalam tuntutannya menuduh pihak polis telah melanggar…