KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Feb 2009: The police will submit the investigation papers on the death of car theft suspect A Kugan to the Attorney-General’s chambers tomorrow, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said today. “The investigation papers sent last week lacked several crucial information and the police have improved them but I don’t want […]
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Police report lodged against S’gor CPO
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jan 2009: A police report has been lodged against Selangor Police Chief, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar who claimed that two deputy ministers and the family of car theft suspect, A Kugan, had barged into the Serdang Hospital mortuary on 20 Jan. Member of Parliament for Kapar, S Manikavasagam and lawyer N Surendran […]
Six people arrested at Kugan’s funeral (Updated)
(Updated 7:43pn, 28 Jan 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Six men, one of them a wanted criminal, were arrested at the funeral today of A Kugan, who died in police custody, at the main entrance of the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Petaling Jaya. Brickfields police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul […]
Don’t regard criminals as heroes: Syed Hamid
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, […]
Police arrest five outside UMMC mortuary
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”, […]
Kugan undergoes second post-mortem
PETALING JAYA, 25 Jan 2009: A second post-mortem was today conducted on A Kugan who died whilst in a lock-up at a police station in Subang Jaya. Doctors at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) carried out the post-mortem at noon. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T Murugiah said that Deputy Prime Minister […]
Dep ministers in mortuary case may face action
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, […]
Kugan’s death classified as murder (Updated 10:10pm)
Bernama report(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 […]
Kuhan’s family wants second autopsy
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Jan 2009: The family of a detainee who died in the USJ 8 police station lock-up in Subang Jaya two days ago cancelled the man’s funeral today and wanted another autopsy to be performed. Kapar Member of Parliament (MP) S Manikavasagam told Bernama that he and the lawyer representing A Kuhan’s family […]
No cover-up in probe into Kugan’s death: Khalid
Updated at 6.30pm, 22 Jan 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Jan 2009: Police will investigate the cause of death of a detainee in Subang Jaya as there were allegations that he died of physical abuse, said Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar. He said a post-mortem report showed that A Kugan, 22, died of lung […]
