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The politics of dialogue

By K Shanmuga

January 29, 2010

Some people just don’t understand dialogue… SO now the government wants a formalised interfaith dialogue mechanism? Going by the history of the state’s response to attempts by civil society to initiate interfaith dialogue, I am not holding my breath. In 2005, various members of civil society had a conference proposing a statutory Interfaith Commission (IFC) […]

Temporary court order to store Kugan’s post-mortem specimens

July 15, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 July 2009: The High Court here today issued a temporary order for all documents and post-mortem samples in relation to A Kugan, who died in police custody, to be stored in the original form. Justice Datuk Ghazali Cha issued the order after allowing an application by Kugan’s mother, N Indra, for the […]

Action on Kugan case delayed

By Zedeck Siew

June 24, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: The Attorney General (AG)’s Chambers will not take any action against the perpetrators of A Kugan‘s death before 21 Aug 2009. “Investigations [into Kugan’s death while in police detention] were scheduled to resume on 19 June 2009, but it has been delayed until 21 August 2009. Nazri Aziz (File pic) A […]

Welfare dept gets interim custody of abused boy

May 28, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 28 May 2009: The Court for Children granted an interim custody for a month to the Welfare Department to take care of a five-old-boy who was allegedly abused by his 36-year-old mother. Magistrate Nur Syafawati Arifin granted the order after two officers from the department, who are acting as the boy’s protectors, made […]

Probe begins into Kugan’s post-mortems

March 12, 2009

SERDANG, 12 March 2009: The special committee set up by the Health Ministry to investigate the two post-mortem reports into the death of A Kugan, the suspected car thief who died in police custody, held its first meeting today, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. Speaking to reporters at Serdang Hospital here, he […]

Child conversion by one parent wrong

By Deborah Loh

March 6, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 6 March 2009: A converting spouse should not take advantage of syariah law to unilaterally convert his or her child without the non-Muslim spouse’s consent, the MCA said today. If the disputing parents could not agree on the baby’s religion, the child’s religion should remain the status quo until he or she reaches […]

Kugan’s death: MCA Youth wants action

By Deborah Loh

March 4, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 4 March 2009: A “horrified” MCA Youth wants action taken against the 11 police officers who are being investigated for A Kugan’s death while in police custody. It also demands for action against the pathologist responsible for the youth’s first post-mortem report. MCA Youth legal affairs and parliamentary research bureau head Wong Nai […]

NGOs lodge report against AG

March 2, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 March 2009: Pekida and Badan Bertindak Rakyat Malaysia, two non-governmental organisations (NGOs), today lodged a police report against Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail. The report was lodged against Abdul Gani for classifying the death of A Kugan while in police custody as murder without first getting the views of a magistrate […]

Legal brutality

By Hafidz Baharom

February 20, 2009

Kugan’s family members wail as his casket is lowered into the ground (file pic) WHILE I am a staunch supporter of the Internal Security Act (ISA), deaths in police custody are not my cup of tea either. Furthermore, attempts to cover up such deaths so stupidly also make me slap my forehead and wonder just […]

Policing must change

By Josef Roy Benedict

January 28, 2009

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 […]

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