Mom, daughters file legal bid for citizenship

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10, 2012): A 69-year-old woman and her two daughters filed a judicial review application at the High Court registry here today seeking a declaration that they are Malaysian citizens. The trio – S. Letchumy and her daughters K. Sarojini and K. Mala – are also seeking a court order, or mandamus, to…

Three generations of being stateless

KUALA LUMPUR STATELESS: Sarojini’s marriage is not recognised legally. THREE members of a family filed a suit against the National Registration Department (NRD), Home Ministry and the Malaysian government today at the Jalan Duta High Court for rendering them stateless. Letchumy Suppiah, 69, and her two daughters, Mala Kothandu, 34, and Sarojini Kothandu, 32, are seeking…

LFL bantah mahkamah bebas Jenain, gesa A-G rayu keputusan

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Dis — Keputusan mahkamah membebaskan Korporal Jenain Subi daripada tuduhan menyebabkan kematian remaja lelaki berumur 15 tahun, Aminulrasyid Amzah dibantah oleh kumpulan “Lawyers for Liberty (LFL)”, malah menggesa Peguam Negara (A-G) supaya merayu semula keputusan tersebut atas alasan wujudnya kelemahan pihak berkuasa dalam menguruskan kes tersebut. LFL menegaskan, terdapat beberapa perkara dalam…

Permohonan Rafizi ketepi tuduhan Bafia ditolak, peguam fail rayuan

SHAH ALAM 23 November: Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam hari ini menolak permohonan Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli untuk mengenepi pertuduhan di bawah Akta Perbankan dan Institusi Kewangan 1989 ke atasnya. Hakim Datuk Ghazali Cha dalam penghakimannya menyebut, permohonan itu bersifat ‘pre-matual’ atau terlalu awal untuk dikatakan sebagai berniat jahat (mala fide) dan sepatutnya dilakukan ketika…

Police report lodged against Kajang Prison

PETALING JAYA: The family of the late R Kumar Rajah lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station against the Kajang Prison authorities for criminal medical negligence. R Kumar Rajah, 27, had complained of severe stomach pain for three days and was only given pain killers. He died on Oct 29 in his…

Heret Rafizi kes Bafia bukti pendakwaan terpilih – Peguam

SHAH ALAM 19 November: Sebarang bentuk penyelewengan dan penipuan tidak perlu dirahsia serta wajar didedah dan tindakan dikenakan ke atas yang didakwa hendaklah tidak bersifat selektif, kata Sivarasa Rasiah. Demikian hujah peguam kepada Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli itu pada pendengaran permohonan anak guamnya untuk membatalkan tuduhan di bawah Akta Perbankan dan Institusi Kewangan 1989…

Criminal charges negate BAFIA shield, Rafizi trial told

The criminal charges against the NFCorp chairman meant he would gain no protection from the BAFIA’s provisions, Rafizi’s lawyer argued. — File pic KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 ― An individual automatically loses his right to banking confidentiality once he is charged with committing a criminal offence, a Shah Alam High Court hearing Rafizi Ramli’s application…

NGOs to hold rally against state violence

KUALA LUMPUR: A movement fighting against what it calls “state violence” is planning to hold a mass rally early next month as part of its campaign for accountability on unexplained deaths linked to the authorities. The group, endorsed by 34 rights groups, held a public forum last night, officiating what they said would be an…

Cop accused of Kugan’s death claims he’s a scapegoat

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…

Kugan case: Defendant claims he was the ‘chosen scapegoat’

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…

‘Police hid son’s arrest from me’

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…

Cops tried to hide Kugan’s injuries, court told

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…

Post-mortem: Inmate died of heart infection

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…

NGOs to rally against state violence

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…