LFL: The AG must appeal Corporal Jenain’s acquittal

Lawyers for Liberty is outraged with Corporal Jenain’s acquittal on appeal despite causing the death of 15 year old Aminulrasyid.   We strongly urge the Attorney General to appeal against this decision immediately.   There is overwhelming evidence to show why the conviction should be upheld.   First, how was it possible that 21 shots…

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…

Memorandum Hentikan Keganasan Kerajaan

Apakah tiada keadilan atau kedaulatan undang-undang di Malaysia? Bolehkah Polis DiRaja Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) atau sebarang agensi penguatkuasaan kerajaan menyalahgunakan kuasa mereka dengan sesuka hati, pada bila-bila masa sahaja? Apakah mereka semudahnya boleh lepas daripada tindakan undang-undang, pengadilan, pendakwaan jenayah dan tindakan disiplin bagi kesemua penembakan, kematian dalam tahanan dan penyiksaan yang…

Memorandum to Stop State Violence

Is there no justice or rule of law in Malaysia? Can members of the Royal Malaysia Police, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) or any other government enforcement agency abuse their powers as and when they please? Should they escape the long arm of the law, justice, criminal prosecution and disciplinary action for all the unjustifiable and…

‘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…