PUTRAJAYA, 28 Jan 2009: The people should not regard criminals as heroes and the police who enforce the law as demons, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. Speaking in general terms, he said no one was above the law and added that action would be taken against those who broke the law, [...]

PETALING JAYA, 28 Jan 2009: Police arrested five men from among a crowd outside the mortuary of the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) today just before the hearse bearing the body of A Kugan was to begin the funeral procession to Puchong. Three of the men were held for wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hindraf”, [...]

THE alleged murder of Kugan Ananthan clearly illustrates that policing in this country must change once and for all. There have been too many cases of police misconduct and abuse where internal investigations fail to bring perpetrators to justice. A frequent response to inquiries about the investigation of a complaint of police abuse, particularly when [...]

Corrected on 28 Jan 2009 at 6.10pm Updated on 28 Jan 2009 at 7.00pm Demonstrator’s tshirt slogan demanding justice, outside UMMC PUCHONG JAYA: 28 Jan 2009: A Kugan’s body was lowered into the ground at a Puchong cemetery today at 5.25pm, surrounded by about 500 mourners despite an earlier downpour. “One of the reasons he [...]

JOHOR BARU, 25 Jan 2009: Two deputy ministers are likely to face action if they are found to have broken the law in the incident where a crowd raided the mortuary of Serdang Hospital in Selangor on 20 Jan, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.   Datuk K Devamany and Senator T Murugiah, [...]

(Updated 10:10pm; 23 Jan 2009) Cause of police detainee’s death to be investigated by the police (magnifying glass pic © Steve Woods / sxc.hu) PUTRAJAYA, 23 Jan 2009: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has classified the death of car theft suspect A Kugan while in police custody as murder. Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail [...]