Kugan Case: Cop Acquitted, Family Demands Royal Panel Probe

PETALING JAYA, 28 JANUARY, 2011: V Navindran who was accused of causing grievous hurt to A Kugan was found not guilty by the Sessions Court today.   Judge Aslam Zainuddin in his decision said the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against the police constable. Navindran, 28, was charged under Section 331…

Court orders RMAF to free Tharmendran

Tharmendran has been detained by the RMAF since November 25. — file pic KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The High Court here ordered the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to free N. Tharmendran today, ruling the air force was unlawfully detaining the former airman accused of stealing two fighter jet engines. Tharmendran, 42, had been…

U-turn on Krishnan’s second post-mortem

U-turn on Krishnan’s second post-mortem Teoh El Sen | January 12, 2011, FMT In less than24 hours, the police have changed their mind and dashed the hopes of the family of M Krishnan. PETALING JAYA: There will not be a second post-mortem on M Krishnan, the 37-year-old wireman who died in police custody last Friday,…

Police agree to second post-mortem on Krishnan

Police will seek a court order to conduct another post-mortem on the wire-man who died in a lock-up. KUALA LUMPUR: A second post-mortem is set to be conducted on M Krishnan, a 37-year-old wire-man who died in police custody last Friday, police confirmed today. Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Assistant Commissionner II Ku Chin Wah…

Families want answers to police killings

Three youths were gunned down in their prime last year and now their families want the police to shed light on their deaths. KUALA LUMPUR: Last year, police shot dead three youths – and today their families want answers to their unsolved “murders”. The trio – Mohd Shamil Hafiz Shafie, 15, Mohd Khairul Nizam Tuah,…

Police promise to open up on Glenmarie killings probe

Lawyer N. Surendran (right) listening as Chief Inspector Saipul Anuar Razali explains he was only tasked to receive the memorandum. — Picture by Yow Hong Chieh KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The families of three youths — whose lives ended in a Glenmarie shooting — will get a police status update in two days time,…

Federal Court has failed K Selvach

Lawyers for Liberty is gravely dismayed over the Federal Court’s decision on Feb 28 to throw out K Selvach’s appeal against the dismissal of his habeas corpus application by the High Courton Dec 12, 2010. The Federal Court affirmed the decision made by the High Court dismissing Selvach’s appeal by ruling that the High Cour…

Hmm…Suhakam Comm. James Nayagam and child rights

Hmm…James Nayagam…just when civil society thought that you were not just another ridiculous Suhakam commissioner with no background and standing in human rights. Have you have read the CRC and international human rights law? Were you misquoted by Bernama? Article 13 1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall…

Penahanan 2 tahun Selvach jelas tidak professional, berniat jahat dan bersifat menghina Mahkamah

Kenyataan Akhbar: Lawyers for Liberty amat kesal dengan tindakan pihak polis dan Kementerian Dalam Negeri yang mengeluarkan perintah penahanan 2 tahun di bawah Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985 terhadap K. Selvach Santhiran di mana pada 14 Disember 2010, beliau telah dihantar ke Pusat Permulihan Akhlak Batu Gajah seawal 9.00 pagi. Tambah menyedihkan lagi,…

Police ‘sabotaged’ habeas corpus hearing, claims detainee’s lawyer

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers representing K Selvach Santhiran, a witness who implicated police in the R Gunasegaran death-in-custody inquest, today alleged that police ‘sabotaged’ a habeas corpus hearing to free him. Farida Mohammad, one of his counsels from the Lawyers for Liberty civil group, said before the court could hear their habeas corpus application yesterday, police…