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Given the fact that a lawsuit by the family of another dead detainee, A. Kugan, against the former Selangor CPO is also coming to its climax, these current deaths certainly have jangled the nerves.
The Selangor CPO in that lawsuit is now the IGP.
Star
Friday May 31, 2013
A policeman’s work is never done
Why Not?
by DORAIRAJ NADASON
Two deaths in custody and three robberies involving relatives of VIPs, even the Inspector-General of Police himself, show that the police have their work cut out for them to gain the people’s trust.
IT’S certainly not a good time to be a policeman. Even before the new Home Minister and the new Inspector-General of Police can get comfortable with their new chairs, the police are becoming the news – for all the wrong reasons.
There have been two deaths in custody – both involving Indians. Given the history of the community and the police, that’s really bad news.
First, N. Dharmendran was murdered – and even the police accept the fact that he was battered to death in the lock-up.
How does that happen?
Isn’t a police lock-up a safe place to be? How much do we know of the Standard Operating Procedures of the police?
Most of us have only been to police stations to report snatch thefts or robberies, we would never know what the cops do with suspects kept in lock-ups.
Is it common for suspects to be beaten up? Do all and sundry help in the beating up? Or is the task delegated to one police officer? Or are they not supposed to beat up the suspects?
The conditions that led to Dharmendran’s death – there have been claims that his ears and legs were stapled – have raised many questions. He may have been a suspect in a shooting case and I have little sympathy for criminals, but wasn’t he still a suspect and not a convicted criminal?
After his death, four policemen were transferred to desk duties. Not suspended indefinitely, or arrested and remanded – just transferred to desk duties. Is that kid gloves or what?
And now comes news of another death in the lock-up. He may have been a drug dependent but Jamesh Ramesh was as much a human being as you and I. He was found dead in a lock-up in Penang, hours after being arrested.
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Malaysiakini
DAP national adviser Lim Kit Siang has rubbished the police’s special committee to curb deaths in custody, saying what Malaysians want is the much–touted Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
The committee, to be headed by inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar, will be completely unsatisfactory and unacceptable, Lim said.
“After demonstrating himself in his first week of assuming duty as the ‘most political IGP in history’, whose first priority is to protect the regime rather than the safety of Malaysians from crime and fear of crime, with scant regard to the human rights of Malaysians to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly…
“Malaysians have no confidence in this IGP or in any police special committee, even if it is headed by the IGP to put an end to deaths in police custody,” Lim said in a statement today.
The IPCMC was proposed by a Royal Commission of Inquiry in 2005, with wide-ranging powers to tackle abuse of power and corruption in the police force.
However, the plan was opposed by the police force itself, and a watered-down version with no enforcement power, known as the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC), was implemented instead.
Lim challenged Khalid to spearhead a campaign to establish the IPCMC, and pledged the cooperation of all 89 Pakatan Rakyat MPs if he does so.
‘Special police panel on custody deaths unacceptable’
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THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY DYING LIKE FLIES BUT IT MAKES YOU WONDER…
ANOTHER CASE…
Malaysian Insider
Penang police say detainee died from liver failure
GEORGE TOWN, May 27 — Police have confirmed that the death of a 40-year-old detainee in the Penang police contingent headquarters lock-up yesterday was due to liver failure.
State CID deputy chief, ACP Nasir Mohd Salleh said the nature of R. Jamesh Ramesh’s death was confirmed by the hospital after a post-mortem.
He said there were no injuries on the body and no criminal element involved.
“Police have also recorded statements from the deceased’s cellmates and they claimed that the deceased was in a state of ‘high’ throughout the night,” he told reporters, here, today.
Jamesh Ramesh, who was unemployed and had a criminal record for robbery, was arrested in front of a community hall in Jalan Patani, here, on Saturday when he was found positive for morphine in a urine test.
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No foul play, right?
Suspected drug addict found dead in police custody
GEORGE TOWN: A 40-year-old suspected drug addict was found dead while in police custody, just 19 hours after he was detained at the state police headquarters lock-up here.
Penang deputy CID chief Asst Comm Mohd Nasir Salleh said R. Jamesh Ramesh was found unconscious when a policeman tried to wake him up at around 10.30am yesterday as they wanted to him take him to court for a remand order.
“The policeman alerted the Penang Hospital immediately but at 11.15am the suspect was certified dead by the medical officers,” he said.
ACP Mohd Nasir said police had ruled out foul play in the case as initial investigations showed no bruises or injuries on the suspect.
“The body has been sent to the mortuary for post-mortem,” he told a press conference at the north-east district police headquarters in Patani Road here yesterday.
He said Jamesh Ramesh was arrested for taking drugs by the Narcotic Department’s policemen at a community hall in Patani Road at 12.45pm on Saturday.
“The suspect was sent to the lock-up at around 4pm that day after his urine test was found to be positive for morphine.
“He was seen to be in normal condition by other detainees at the cell the same night,” he said.
Asked why the police conducted the press conference just hours after Jamesh Ramesh’s death, ACP Mohd Nasir explained this was to prevent others from “spinning” the matter.
“We want to be transparent by revealing the information to the media before some parties manipulate this matter,” he said, adding that the suspect’s family members had been informed of his death.
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A NEW CASE….
Free Malaysia Today
Yet another meaningless death in custody
No, Darmindran’s death would not have kept Najib off his dinner nor would it have caused his cabinet colleagues any discomfort.
Yet another report of an Indian dead while under police custody. As always his injuries are horrific and N Darmindran must have had a lingering and painful death.
I do not know what our Prime Minister thinks about Darmindran’s death. I do not know what his ministers in the Cabinet will do to find out what caused Darmindran’s death, and what they will now do to ensure that these kinds of sufferings and torture are not inflicted on any Malaysian citizen.
But if the past is any indication…nothing!
What manner of leaders do we have that allow these policemen to murder people in their custody? What manner of people are employed by the police force who do these evil things upon people in their custody?
How do we stop this? How can we have a police force that will protect us, not attack us? Or are these state orchestrated violence sanctioned by the BN government to let us know the extent that they will go ostensibly to keep “law and order”, but in reality they are turning a blind eye to a police force that have already committed too many ‘favours’ to keep any opposition and ‘any threat to national security’ in check?
Will another death in custody put Najib off his dinner tonight? Will he be able to sleep tonight thinking that his government has again failed to protect its people from a police force that is as much feared for its ability to inflict on command physical harm upon our people as for its ability to keep murdering suspect in their custody?
No, Darmindran’s death will not keep Najib off his dinner tonight nor will it cause his cabinet colleagues any discomfort.
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You may not want to watch this video!
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Free Malaysia Today
Post-mortem done, ‘evidence points to murder’
The preliminary post-mortem findings reveal that N Dharmendran died of multiple blunt force trauma.
PETALING JAYA: The preliminary post-mortem conducted at Hospital Kuala Lumpur has revealed that police detainee N Dharmendran had died to severe blunt force trauma.
HKL pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng’s report, which was given to the deceased’s family last night, ruled out heart attack or asthma as the cause of death as claimed by the police.
Dharmendran, 32, an Indah Water employee, had been in police detention since May 11.
Lawyer G Sivamalar, who accompanied the family to retrieve the post-mortem report, said that the pathologist had struck out all natural causes.
“So far, the evidence points to murder, at least that would be a fair claim.
“Now it’s all up to the investigating officer at Dang Wangi police station ASP Kamarul Rizal to give the final verdict,” she said.
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/05/23/post-mortem-do
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Murder in the lock-up?
Family demands full inquiry into death of shooting suspect under remand
Post-mortem revealed the suspect might have been murdered while in police custody. KUALA LUMPUR: A 32-year-old man suspected to have been involved in the shooting of two men in Bandar Tun Razak two weeks ago may have been murdered while in remand.
City police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohmad Salleh said post-mortem results revealed the victim might have been murdered while in police custody at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters.
The suspect, identified as N. Dharmendran had complained of chest pains at about 9pm on Tuesday while being detained at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters lock-up.
He was immediately sent to the Kuala Lumpur hospital for treatment but died upon arrival there, police said.
“We have referred the matter to Bukit Aman CID.
“A Bukit Aman CID investigator will be appointed to get investigate the case,” he said.
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Malaysian Insider
Elements of crime in death of detainee, says KL police chief
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Elements of crime were found in the death of a detainee at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters lock up last Tuesday, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Mohmad Salleh said today.
“A post mortem report this evening revealed that there were elements of crime related to the death of the detainee,” he said in a statement tonight.
The case has been referred to Bukit Aman and classified under Section 302 of the Penal Code, he added.
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Free Malaysia Today
Horror: Deceased battered, ears stapled
The family of N Darmindran were shocked to see him covered in bruises and his ears stapled. They suspect that he was beaten and tortured to death while in police custody.
KUALA LUMPUR: His remains were covered in bruises and both his ears were stapled. This was the dreadful sight that greeted the family of N Darmindran at Hospital Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.
His wife, M Marry, 26, burst out into tears upon seeing her late husband’s condition and was too distraught to talk to the media.
PKR vice-president and lawyer N Surendran, who accompanied the family, was also shocked.
“It was bad enough that his family saw him in this battered state… what made it worse was that we found staples on both his ears with blood stains all around them. This shows that he was not only beaten but tortured as well,” added the Padang Serai MP.
Darmindran, 32, was an Indah Water employee. The father of a two-year-old daughter was arrested on May 11, several hours after lodging a police report that he was involved in a fight. He was held at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters.
Meanwhile, Surendran described the case as the worst since the death of A Kugan in 2009.
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/05/22/cops-betrayed-us-says-anguished
A.Kugan, dead in police custody: Mother files RM100m suit…
The Shooting of D Disnesh: More Questions than Answers
No Inquest for the Shooting of Kathir Oli, Malaysian Indian, in Ipoh
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C. Sugumar: Lawyers’ Statement
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Malaysian Insider
Police propose inquest on Sugumaran’s case
Police propose inquest on Sugumaran’s case
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Malaysiakini
| 8:37PM Jan 27, 2013 |
The police are seeking the assistance of three individuals who claim to have witnessed the alleged assault of C Sugumaran, who allegedly died on Jan 23 while in police handcuffs.
In a press released today, deputy Selangor police chief A Thaiveegan said the trio had made the claims through news portals. He did not specify the news organisations involved.
The trio are R Mahanarajan, S Sugunan and R Wasanan. They are required to contact investigating officer Burhanuddin Mustafa at 019 382 9212 or 03 5514 5152.
Thaiveegan added that the police has thus far interviewed 89 witnesses and urge others with knowledge of the incident to come forward.
He said investigations into Sugumaran’s death has been taken over by a special team from the Selangor police headquarters since Jan 25.
“The investigation papers will be completed and presented to the prosecutors on Jan 29, attached with a suggestion for an inquest in the open court,” he said.
Cops seek trio over Sugumaran’s death
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TUESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2013
From 10.30am….
“Sit-in” protest at the Bukit Aman police headquarters by the family and supporters of C Sugumaran, deceased.
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Malaysian Insider
Sugumaran’s family, supporters to hold ‘sit-in’ protest outside Bukit Aman
Assistant News Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 – Family members and supporters of the late C. Sugumaran will hold a “sit-in” protest at the Bukit Aman police headquarters next Tuesday to demand a second autopsy on the 39-year-old man’s body and a murder probe into his death.
The protest, to kick-off at peak hour from 10.30am onwards, will go on indefinitely, said the family’s lawyer N. Surendran, until the police agree to the family’s demands.
Surendran told The Malaysian Insider this evening that the man’s next of kin are outraged at the allegedly nonchalant attitude of the police towards the case, and have vowed to stop at nothing to demand “at least some measure of justice” for their loved one.
“It is terrible for the family… they want to complete the final rites for the man but they are not yet able to do that.
Sugumaran’s family, supporters to hold ‘sit-in’ protest outside Bukit Aman
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Malaysian Insider
Bar Council wants inquest to probe handcuff death
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 – The Malaysian Bar today called for an inquest on the death of security guard C. Sugumaran, the latest incident in a string of custodial deaths over the years that have tarnished public confidence in the police force.
In a statement here, Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said the incident is a matter of “utmost public interest” and warrants the highest level of priority.
“These deaths must not be relegated to a mere statistic,” Lim said.
But Lim said structural reform is also needed, where such inquests are concerned, noting that past inquiries had returned “open verdicts”.
He repeated the Bar’s call for the government to introduce a “Coroners’ Act” and establish a “Coroners’ Court” to try such cases of custodial deaths and the like.
He said these initiatives must come with features such as a clearly-stated aim, which is to focus on identifying the deceased and ascertaining how, when and where this person had died; creating official posts of state coroner and coroners, which are to be appointed by the prime minister on the Chief Justice’s recommendation. The coroner is responsible for supervising police investigations; and that only pathologists, or medical practitioners supervised by these pathologists can conduct post-mortems.
Bar Council wants inquest to probe handcuff death
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Malaysiakini
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Unconvinced that 39-year-old Sugumar Chelliah had mysteriously dropped dead of a heart attack after being pursued by the police, his family is determined on a second autopsy to get to the truth.
When contacted, one of the family’s lawyers Latheefa Koya (right) said the family hopes to get the second autopsy done as soon as possible.
“We are definitely arranging a second post-mortem. We are looking for another hospital and a pathologist who will be willing to do it. We are not sure when … hopefully today,” she said.
Latheefa added that the family was unconvinced with the first post-mortem by Serdang Hospital as the institution had a history of falsifying the post-mortem report in the death-in-custody case of A Kugan.
Sugumar’s family wants prompt second autopsy
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Malaysiakini
Cops take statements over death of security guard
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Malaysian Insider
More than 50 protest handcuff death
KAJANG, Jan 25 — More than 50 people protested at a police station here today the alleged police killing of a handcuffed security guard.
Yesterday, eyewitnesses said that policemen had handcuffed 39-year-old C. Sugumaran before allegedly assaulting him fatally together with a mob of more than 20 near his house in Batu 12, Hulu Langat on Wednesday.
Sugumaran’s family, relatives and friends, as well as PKR and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) members, gathered outside the Kajang district police headquarters here under the blazing sun, hurling vitriol at the police.
“I can’t accept the report,” Sugumaran’s uncle A. Kuppusamy told the crowd here near a busy road today, referring to the post-mortem that said Sugumaran had died of a heart attack.
“The government is not right,” he added, gesturing angrily as the crowd chanted “Bohong bohong (lies, lies).”
More than 50 protest handcuff death
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Sundaily
Mum: Sugumaran never had any heart problems
ATTEMPTS by the family of C. Sugumaran 40, to lodge a police report at 3pm today failed.
The family accompanied by their lawyers N. Surendren and Latheefa Koya, had wanted to lodge a police report to request for a second post-mortem and also demand police to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Sugumaran as the family suspects there is a cover-up by police, who said the victim died of a heart attack.
A large group which had gathered outside the Kajang police station had initially demanded that 15 of them be allowed to enter the police station. However when police only allowed five of them to enter, the group declined and vowed to lead another protest to Bukit Aman on Tuesday.
Kajang police headquarters was locked down temporarily when the family accompanied by about 100 supporters tried to enter the police station.
The gates to the entrance of the police station were closed and even police officers who wanted to report for duty were unable to enter the station.
Negotiations between the lawyers and police went on for about an hour before they came to an agreement as to how many of them could enter to lodge the report.
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C Sugumar, deceased
Free Malaysia Today
‘Classify Sugumar’s death as murder’
The family members also said they will not claim the body till a second post-mortem is done .
PETALING JAYA: The family of the 40-year-old security guard, C Sugumar, wants his death to be classified as murder.
Lawyers N Surendran and Latheefa Koya who are acting for family said that all police officers implicated in the death be immediately suspended and arrested to facilitate investigations.
They also referred to the claim by Kajang police chief yesterday that police did not beat Sugumar and that he died of a heart attack.
‘Classify Sugumar’s death as murder’
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Police: No, we did not beat him. No, we did not throw turmeric powder on his face. No, the crowd did not beat him.
The family of the deceased and lawyers acting on their behalf beg to differ!
The lawyers for the family of the late C Sugumar has described the claim by a government hospital that he died of ‘heart attack’ as “inherently incredible”.
History of misconduct
They also pointed out that the Serdang Hospital which claimed that Sugumar’s death was caused by heart attack had in the past falsified post-mortem findings to favour police, including in the A Kugan custodial death saga in which Serdang pathologist Dr Abdul Karim Tajuddin was found guilty by the Malaysian Medical Council of professional misconduct.
“Yesterday, Serdang Hospital once again breached medical ethics by refusing to let Sugumar’s family see the body, on instructions from the police. The family were only allowed to see the body upon the insistence of lawyers and activists, after 4 hours of waiting,” they added.
Saying the hospital in cohorts with the Health ministry “brought shame upon the medical profession”, they said a complaint would be lodged with the MMC.
“Until the second post-mortem is carried out satisfactorily, the family will not claim the body.”
‘Serdang Hospital brought shame to medical profession’
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Malaysian Insider
Arrest and suspend cops in handcuff death, lawyers demand
Assistant News Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — C. Sugumaran’s death must be classified as murder, lawyers for the security guard demanded today, rejecting the Kajang police and Serdang Hospital’s claim that the 39-year-old had died of a heart attack.
N. Surendren and Latheefa Koya, both PKR lawyers, also called for all police officers allegedly involved in beating the man on Saturday to be arrested and suspended pending investigations and a second post-mortem.
“We also call upon the IGP (Inspector-General of Police) to allow and facilitate the carrying out of a second post-mortem on Sugumaran’s remains.
“Until the second post-mortem is carried out satisfactorily, the family will not claim the body,” the duo said in a statement here.
Arrest and suspend cops in handcuff death, lawyers demand
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‘Serdang Hospital brought shame to medical profession’
| Harakahdaily, | 25 January 2013 |
Jan 25: The lawyers for the family of the late C Sugumar, the man who eyewitnesses said was beaten to death in public on Wednesday while still in handcuffs, has described the claim by a government hospital that he died of ‘heart attack’ as “inherently incredible”.
“The claim by Serdang Hospital that Sugumar died of a heart attack is inherently incredible. Sugumar had no health problems and was only 40 years old. It is unbelievable that a healthy man should suddenly collapse and die immediately upon arrest,” said lawyers N Surendran and Latheefa Koya in a statement to Harakahdaily.
They also blasted the denial by Kajang police chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahap that Sugumar was beaten tod eath as “a blatant attempt” for a cover-up.
“Three eyewitnesses have come forward who have testified that Sugumar was chased down by police, handcuffed, beaten and smeared with turmeric. How can the police claim that there was no foul-play, when they have not even recorded the statements of these three witnesses?” the statement asked.
It added Sugumar’s body was still in handcuffs and the turmeric powder said to be used by his attackers was still present on his face.
“There were also lacerations consistent with a struggle against the police assailants as described by the witnesses,” the PKR duo added.
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Malaysiakini
| 10:27AM Jan 25, 2013 |
The police have been accused of trying to cover up the death of security guard Sugumar Chelliah, who was allegedly handcuffed, smeared with turmeric and beaten by four police officers.
“We refer to the claim by Kajang police chief that police did not beat C Sugumar to death and that he died of a heart attack.
“This statement is a blatant attempt by police to cover-up the case, with the connivance of the Serdang Hospital,” said lawyers N Surendran and Latheefa Koya, representing the victim’s family.
They demanded that the case be classified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Cops blasted for covering up ‘turmeric murder’ case
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Police: No, we did not beat him. No, we did not throw turmeric powder on his face. No, the crowd did not beat him.
Malaysian Insider
Police deny beating man, say he died of heart attack
KAJANG, Jan 24 — The police have denied beating a security guard yesterday to death, pointing out that a post-mortem today revealed that he had died of a heart attack.
Three eyewitnesses alleged earlier today that four policemen had handcuffed and then assaulted 39-year-old C. Sugumaran together with a mob of more than 20 yesterday evening near the latter’s house at Batu 12, Hulu Langat.
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Sugumaran…..waved an iron rod, destroying flower vases near houses and electrical wires, until he fell down in the middle of the road.
“The police, assisted by members of the public, held and handcuffed the man as he was still acting aggressively and trying to struggle during arrest,” said Abdul Rashid, stressing that the crowd did not assault Sugumaran.
…a police officer then went to get a Land Rover to bring Sugumaran, described as a big-sized man, to the police station.
“But upon return, the Indian man was unconscious. The police then contacted the hospital and a medical officer came and pronounced him dead,” said Abdul Rashid.
The policeman stressed that a post-mortem done by pathologist Dr Mohd Azaini Ibrahim from Serdang Hospital today from 3.30pm to 8.30pm revealed that Sugumaran had died of a heart attack.
“No other injuries could have caused his death,” said Abdul Rashid.
Police deny beating man, say he died of heart attack
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LATEST!
Kajang district police chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab told Malaysiakini that he will call a press conference tonight after the port-mortem to explain the case.
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Sundaily
Amok man killed after arrest
Last updated on 24 January 2013 – 10:04pm
Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
KAJANG (Jan 24, 2013): A security guard, who ran amok armed with an iron pipe, was killed after allegedly being beaten up by the public while in police custody at Ulu Langat on Wednesday.
C. Sugumar, 40, said to have a history of mental illness, had run amok not far from his house at Taman Desa Raya at 6pm.
Witnesses said the burly man caused chaos and damaged a burger stall and a car before uprooting a banana tree.
The man was finally subdued by several policemen after a short chase and a struggle.
It is learnt that after the man was handcuffed, a group of bystanders approached him and took turns to assault him, in the presence of the policemen, until he died at the scene. Witnesses claimed that the policemen were also involved in the assault.
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Peguam: Polis kawal rapi bedah siasat Suguma
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Four police officers are alleged to have chased after, handcuffed and then smeared turmeric powder on the face of a security guard, before beating him to death together with a mob at Taman Pekaka, Hulu Langat yesterday.
The body of the victim Sugumar Chelliah, 40, is currently at Serdang hospital with his hands still handcuffed, claimed PKR human rights and legal bureau chief Latheefa Koya when contacted this afternoon.
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She added that the deceased is believed to have been left by the roadside since his death at around 7pm till about 11pm, when a police forensic team arrived at the scene and took the his body to Serdang Hospital.
Hospital staff called police
PKR deputy human rights and legal bureau deputy chairperson S Jayathas, who was also at the hospital today, said a disturbance occured outside the morgue when hospital staff refused to allow Sugumar’s family to identify his body.
He claimed the situation became tense after the hospital counter staff refused to entertain family members who had arrived there, and instead called the police to handle the matter.
“The counter staff all went inside (the hospital). They called six security guards and around 20 police personnel, including four with M-16 rifles, to stand guard,” he said.
He added that at first, the investigating officer only permitted one family member to identify the body.
However, after discussing the matter with laywer N Surendran (left in photo), police allowed Surendran, Kapar MP Manickavasagam and four relations to see the body, Jayathas said.
Accoording to him, Manickavasagam established that the victim was still in handcuffs.
Cops smear turmeric, fatally beat handcuffed guard’
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“The government has learnt nothing and continues to kill Indians in police custody,” said Surendran.
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‘Police murdered security guard’
PKR vice-president N Surendran claimed the police conspired with Serdang Hospital to deny the family their right to see his body.
PETALING JAYA: PKR vice-president N Surendran today accused the police of murder in the death of security guard C Sugumar, 40, in Hulu Langat yesterday evening.
PKR human rights and legal bureau deputy chief, S Jayathas: Sugumar was involved in an argument with some people in Sri Nanding, Hulu Langat, yesterday evening. When the police arrived, Sugumar tried to run but the police handcuffed him. The police and the public bashed up Sugumar. A policeman stepped on Sugumar’s neckwhile another smeared his face with turmeric powder, and he died.
‘Police murdered security guard’
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Malaysiakini
Cops smear turmeric, fatally beat guard’
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Four policemen are alleged to have chased after, handcuffed and then smeared turmeric powder on the face of a security guard, before beating him to death together with a mob at Taman Pekaka, Hulu Langat yesterday.
The body of the victim Sugumar Chelliah, 40, is currently at Serdang hospital with his hands still handcuffed, claimed PKR human rights and legal bureau chief Latheefa Koya when contacted this afternoon.
Latheefa, who is at the hospital with Sugumar’s family, are still waiting for the preliminary findings of the post-mortem.
She claimed that family members had been waiting to see the body after receiving a call from the police at 11.30pm last night informing them about Sugumar’s death.
‘Cops smear turmeric, fatally beat guard’
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It is unclear why policemen were trying to apprehend 40-year-old C. Sugumar. He was found naked with handcuffs still on him, according to witnesses.
The eyewitnesses said that the 10-minute beating happened at about 6.30pm yesterday near the Taman Perkasa cemetery at Batu 12, Hulu Langat.
Malaysian Insider
Eyewitnesses say cops, mob beat handcuffed man to death
SERDANG, Jan 24 — A security guard was chased down yesterday by four policemen who subsequently handcuffed and beat him to death together with a mob of more than 20 people in Hulu Langat yesterday, eyewitnesses alleged today.
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Sugumar was seen running from the four policemen in two patrol cars along a major road five minutes from his home.
As the road was congested with traffic, the four policemen stopped their vehicles and proceeded to chase after Sugumar on foot.
After they caught and handcuffed him, more than 20 other men from a nearby restaurant joined the policemen and proceeded to assault him.
“The police stepped on Sugumar’s neck,” R. Moohanarajan told The Malaysian Insider at the Serdang Hospital here today.
“Twenty to thirty people wearing plain clothes beat him up. He was lying facedown with his hands handcuffed behind,” added Moohanarajan, who was Sugumar’s neighbour.
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The police have yet to comment on the incident.
Eyewitnesses say cops, mob beat handcuffed man to death
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Malaysian Insider
Woman in stolen car dies from police gunshot
KLANG, Jan 19 – A 22-year-old woman passenger in a stolen car driven by a man, died after being hit by a police gunshot when they ignored orders to stop in Taman Sejati here last night.
The victim who was in the front passenger seat of a Proton Waja was seriously wounded in the body after being hit by a gunshot fired by police in the direction of the 31-year-old suspect.
Selangor CID chief SAC Mohamad Adnan Abdullah said the incident began at 7.35pm when a police patrol car stumbled upon a car driven in a suspicious manner and ordered it to stop at Jalan Batu 3 Lama here.
He said the Waja driver however ignored the order and sped off with the police in pursuit before stopping in Taman Menara here.
“As one of the policemen was carrying out an inspection, the vehicle suddenly reversed and tried to hit him, forcing the policeman to fire a warning shot.
“The driver then sped off again to Taman Sejati here before stopping in front of a house as he tried to ram the patrol car. The dangerous act of the suspect forced police to fire several shots at the suspect before he surrendered,” he said here today.
Mohamad Adnan said upon inspection, police found a wounded woman and she was confirmed dead from a gunshot by an ambulance medical assistant later.
Woman in stolen car dies from police gunshot
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Do you realize that being in the cell of a police station can be dangerous, even lethal?
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CHANG CHIN TE, DEAD WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY
Chin Te died in custody while held at the USJ 8 police station on Monday, where he had been detained since last Thursday on suspicion of burglary.
His family members have alleged that they discovered wounds and bruises on his body when they went to claim the remains at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM).
The 30-year-old leaves behind a wife and four young children.
Malaysiakini
Police agree to second autopsy as pressure mounts
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Caving in to public pressure, the police today agreed to allow a second autopsy to be performed on Chang Chin Te who died in detention on Monday under suspicious circumstances.
One of the lawyers representing the deceased’s family, Gobind Singh Deo, said the police, had conceded to the demand after it had initially snubbed the request at a meeting held this afternoon.
The meeting took place amid a small-scale protest outside Bukit Aman. Some 30 people, including Chin Te’s family members, had participated in the DAP-organised demonstration.
According to Gobind, a DAP lawmaker, the head of the legal department at Bukit Aman had later consented to the demand on condition that the hospital agrees to conduct the second autopsy at the cost of the family.
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Police have allowed a second post-mortem examination to be conducted on custodial death victim Chang Chin Te.
According to Gobind Singh Deo, the lawyer for Chang’s widow, police informed him of this two hours after his client submitted a written request for the procedure.
“We have good news. We understand that Bukit Aman has no objection to the family’s request for a second autopsy.
Father demands second autopsy for son who died in custody
SUBANG, Jan 15 — Following the latest death in police custody, Chang Chan Man together with the DAP today demanded that a second autopsy is conducted to determine the actual cause of his son’s death yesterday.
Chang Chan Man, 64, was saddened over the death of his youngest son Chang Chin Te, who left behind a wife and four young children.
Chang claimed that the body of his 30-year-old son, who died in the USJ 8 police station’s lock-up yesterday, was covered with bruises.
He said his son was detained at his house around midnight last Thursday by a group of policemen before being brought to the police station to aid in investigations over a break-in case.
“My son was detained last Thursday and after four days, a police officer came to the house and informed me of my son’s death.
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Family members of a man who was found dead after spending three nights in a police lock up said they do not believe the police’s claim that he died from a fall.
Odd job worker K Nagarajan, 32, was arrested on Dec 21 for alleged drug related offenses and was placed in the Dang Wangi district police headquarters lock-up.
He was found dead on Monday before his scheduled court appearance.
According to his uncle M Krishna Murthie, the family was unable to accept the police version of events.
“How could someone die by falling in the lock-up? How is that even possible?” he told a press conference, organised by Teratai state assemblyperson Jenice Lee today.
Krishna Murthie said that there were also mysterious wounds – a deep gash above the left eye, a coin sized bruise above the right eye brow and a wound on the right leg – found on Nagarajan.
He said that no explanation was provided by the authorities on how Nagarajan could have sustained those wounds.
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Free Malaysia Today
Stop the slaying, set up IPCMC’
Suaram says it is not shocked to find out that almost 300 people have been killed by the police since 2007. It calls on the government to put a stop to such fatal shootings.
PETALING JAYA: Suaram has urged the government to put an end to “senseless shooting sprees” by the police, urging Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to do what his predecessor failed to do – setting up the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
The human rights NGO was responding to a FMT article yesterday which quoted a parliamentary answer by Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein which said that 298 have been killed by the police since 2007.
“Suaram was not shocked to see the figures as the numbers clearly reflect the common unofficial Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the force in Malaysia which is to ‘shoot to kill’,” said Suaram’s Right to Justice coordinator R Thevarajan in a statement.
“The question is, was there anyone accountable for these atrocities done by the police force in this country?” he asked.
Thevarajan noted that while some policemen were charged, many others were not.
He questioned how the police arrived at their conclusions that a person was already a criminal before being proven guilty by a court of law.
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Free Malaysia Today
Shot five times single mom sues cops, govt
Norizan Salleh’s lawyer says it is a miracle that his client is still alive.
KUALA LUMPUR: A 32-year-old single mother, who cheated death in a police shooting incident in 2009, has filed a civil suit at the High Court here today.
Norizan Salleh, who is unemployed, named the government, inspector-general of police, Sentul district police chief and police personnel Mohd Firdaus as defendants.
In her statement of claim, Norizan, who sustained five shots, alleged that the police violated its standard operating procedure to open fire at a moving car in which she was seated at the back on Oct 30, 2009.
The Proton Perdana, driven by her friend Khairul Aizat, was on the MRR2 highway when a police patrol car suddenly appeared from the right at about 4am.
Norizan claimed that Mohd Firdaus, who was one of two police personnel in the car, took out a firearm and pointed at the car.
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“We are not here because an Indian died. Malays, Chinese, Indians have all died in custody. It’s not a racial issue but a national issue,” Manickavasagam told the press conference.
Malaysia Chronicle
IT’S A NATIONAL ISSUE – PKR’s Manickavasagam: DEATH & EXTORTION AT POLICE LOCKUPS
Written by Maria Begum, Malaysia Chronicle
The family of lorry driver P Chandran, who died in the Dang Wangi police headquarters lock-up in September, wants to sue the government and police for negligence.
Based on a post mortem, Chandran, 47, had died due to hypertensive heart disease. The police had allegedly denied him medication while he was in custody.
At a press conference in Parliament, PKR MP for Kapar S Manickavasagam together with the late Chandran’s wife, N Sellvi, 42 and other family members demanded justice for the deceased.
“We are not here because an Indian died. Malays, Chinese, Indians have all died in custody. It’s not a racial issue but a national issue,” Manickavasagam told the press conference.
“Denying a person medication is not right and this was done despite a Magistrate’s order that Chandran be given immediate treatment for his hypertension.”
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P Chandran, 47, died in the lock-up at the Dang Wangi district police station in Kuala Lumpur on 10 September 2012.
Dang Wangi police chief Zainuddin Ahmad was reported by Bernama as saying that Chandran died from heart disease in the Dang Wangi police station lock-up.
Family urges probe in yet another death in custody
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Police asked the wife of death-in-custody victim P Chandran to pay RM300 when she sought information about her husband at the Cheras district police headquarters just before his death.
This is stated in a police report filed by the victim’s brother-in-law, R Rajan Naidu.
Rajan says in the report that Chandran’s wife, N Selvi, told him a police officer asked her to pay RM300 before disclosing information about her husband.
“She told me that the police officer had sought RM300 for information on her husband, and told her that police were taking him to court,” the police report lodged says.
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Dang Wangi police chief Zainuddin Ahmad was reported by Bernama as saying that Chandran died from heart disease in the Dang Wangi police station lock-up on Sept 10.
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Friday’s shootout is the latest in a series of police shootings of migrant workers in Malaysia in several months.
In August, the police shot dead three machete-wielding Indonesian robbers during a botched break-in at a house in Jesselton housing park, Pulau Tikus, Penang.
In June, three migrant workers were gunned down by police, according to Indonesian news portal Jakarta Globe.
In March, three migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara were fatally shot at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
Free Malaysia Today
Malaysian police shootings raise Indonesia’s wrath
Indonesia is calling the shootings of its citizens by the Malaysian police as acts of terrorism and a violation of human rights.
PETALING JAYA: The fatal shooting of four Indonesians by the Malaysian police in Perak last Friday has triggered an outcry from the neighbouring country, reports several Indonesian news portals.
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1 Anis Hidayah, the director of Indonesian NGO Migrant Care, has slammed the shootout as a violation of human rights and international standards.
“[Regardless of] whatever documents they had – or didn’t have – the incident which caused their death was a human rights violation,” Anis was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post.
“International standards clearly stipulate that the police are not allowed to shoot anyone dead, not even a criminal,” she said.
Anis also flayed the Malaysian government for stating that the victims were illegal workers, saying: “[Their status] does not justify the shootings.”
2 News portal Kompas.com reports that Mahfudz Siddiq, the chairman of Indonesia’s House of Representatives Commission I, has suggested the shootings were a “systemic act of terror” by Malaysia… it appears that it was done on purpose and systemically. Cases of Indonesian citizens killed in Malaysia due to police shootouts were frequent and none had ever been solved.
3 Indonesian Human Rights Commission member Johnny N Simanjuntak has also called on the country’s leaders to verify Malaysia’s assertion that the four who were killed had been rrobbers, a claim that he said had never been proven. Last June, three Indonesian citizens accused of robbery were gunned down in Kuala Lumpur. Even until now, it has never been explained whether they were truly robbers or not.
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Urging Suhakam to set up a public inquest into the untimely death of the 36-year-old furniture worker, Lee said the inquest should also determine whether the police had complied with their standard operating procedures in this instance.
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It looks as though a police station is a dangerous place to be in: Death seems to come there often!
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Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar has been urged to monitor investigations into the death of a suspect in police custody at the Miri Central Police Station (CPS) last Wednesday.
DAP Piasau assemblyperson Ling Sie Kiong (left) in an open letter to the IGP also called on Ismail to exclude police officers from that particular station from the investigation, so as to avoid suspicions and ruin the credibility of the investigation.
Yesterday, Douglas Jubin Lagan lodged a police report at Miri CPS over his father’s death and demanded an “immediate investigation
According to The Borneo Post, 59-year-old Lagan Dollah AK Gaong, who was arrested in connection with a break-in at a security firm’s office in Miri on Tuesday morning, was found dead in a cell.
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Ling also sent a letter to Miri Hospital director Dr Jack Wong Siew Yu yesterday, seeking a post-mortem examination to be carried out to ascertain the cause of death.
Lagan’s death follows a string of death in custody cases. Just last week, a 36-year-old furniture shop worker Cheah Chin Lee died in police custody in the Northeast District police headquarters in Penang, just five hours after being arrested on suspicion of involvement in car theft.
Meanwhile 31-year-old R Gunasegaran died while in police custody on July 16, 2009.
In ruling an open verdict on his case, the Kuala Lumpur High Court however noted that all future custodial death cases be investigated by other police districts to ensure transparency in its investigations.
In 2009, 23-year-old Kugan Ananthan was also found dead in police custody, at the Taipan police station in USJ Subang Jaya, where he had been taken for questioning in relation to several car theft cases.
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Man questioned about missing money dies in police station
By STEPHEN THEN
MIRI: A supervisor working for a security firm, who had been arrested by Miri police to assist investigations into a case involving a missing RM68,000, died Wednesday while being questioned inside the Miri Central Police Station.
Lagan Dolah Dau, in his late 50s, collapsed suddenly while being questioned by an investigating officer at about 5pm, Miri Police Chief Asst Comm Mun Kock Keong told a press conference at about 9pm.
The deceased was arrested two days ago in connection with a case involving the loss of the money from the safe of the security firm.
ACP Mun said the deceased was arrested with his friend.
“He has been remanded for four days to facilitate investigation into the case. While being questioned inside a room by the investigating officer, he suddenly collapsed.
“I heard about the matter at about 5.20pm and rushed to the place to find out what had happened. We have informed a magistrate about the matter.
“The magistrate went to the scene personally to look at the place (where the man died). We have also informed the next of kin of the deceased. The deceased was being questioned at the time he collapsed. His statement was being recorded. He was not in handcuffs.
“We have asked for a pathologist from Kuching to come and carry out a post mortem to determine the cause of death.
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Cheah Chin Lee, 36, was brought back to Tanjong Tokong (police station) at about 5am and was found dead 20 MINUTES LATER!
Free Malaysia Today
Family wants probe into lockup death
The family members of a man who was found hanged in a police lockup say his death was ‘suspicious’.
GEORGE TOWN: Family members of a detainee found hanged in a police lockup here on Monday morning want a probe into his death.
The family members say Cheah Chin Lee, 36, sudden death is “suspicious”.
Cheah’s uncle, Cheah Ewe Yeoh, has lodged a report in Jalan Patani police station at 5pm yesterday, urging the police to immediately probe into his nephew’s “suspicious” death.
In the report, Ewe Yeoh insisted that Cheah was a person with “a stable job, without any financial, health or emotional problem”.
He said Cheah’s family cannot accept the post-mortem report that suggested Cheah’s death was caused by “asphyxia due to hanging”.
The post-mortem was conducted at Penang Hospital yesterday morning.
Cheah was found hanged by a policeman in Tanjung Tokong police station lock-up at 5.20am.
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A 36-year-old man died in police custody yesterday morning, much to the shock of his family, who lodged a report over his death in Jalan Pattani Northeast police headquarters, Penang, today.
The man’s brother-in-law Looi Chooi Aik said the family met with one Inspector Azmin in the Tanjong Tokong police station at about 11am this morning and was told that Cheah Chin Lee had died.
Cheah, who works at a furniture shop, was as arrested at about 12am early yesterday morning and was brought to the Jalan Pattani police headquarters for a urine test until 2am, Looi claimed.
It is believed that Cheah was arrested for suspicions of car theft involvement.
“According to this Inspector Azmin, Cheah was brought back to Tanjong Tokong (police station) at about 5am and was found dead 20 minutes later,” Looi, 45, told reporters outside the police headquarters.
Looi, who is a training manager, said he lodged the report to urge police to carry out a thorough probe into the death of his brother-in-law.
He added that as a member of Cheah’s family, he cannot accept the result of the post-mortem report that says the latter died of “asphyxia due to hanging”.
“We cannot accept the report. We want police to be responsible for his death.
“I cannot accept the police’s explanation that Cheah died from suicide because there is no proof,” Looi said.
Looi said there was no reason for Cheah to commit suicide as he had a “permanent job and was emotionally stable”.
He urged the police to provide the family with a CCTV recording of the incident and expressed shock that “a man detained could have committed suicide in five hours”.
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He saw no evil, he heard no evil (only unconfirmed rumours that some cops were injured by protesters), and he will speak no evil of the police force…
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An officer commanding a police arrest team during the Bersih 3.0 rally said it was wrong of the police to take away photographic equipment belonging to the media.
“We cannot confiscate cameras from reporters,” ASP Ong Beng Keong (right) said when asked on the matter at the Malaysian Human Rights Commission’s (Suhakam) inquiry into alleged human rights abuses during April 28 electoral reform rally.
Indeed, Ong told the panel, that in his opinion, unless it was a dangerous weapon, arresting officers are not supposed to confiscate any personal effects during an arrest.
He also agreed that while in custody or being transported, it is wrong for other officers to hit or hurt detainees.
However, Ong said, he and his team made no arrest and saw no scuffle between cops and protesters.
All he heard were unconfirmed rumours that some cops were injured by protesters.
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Retired Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department (CID) director Fauzi Shaari, who joined PAS three months ago, said, “….those who don’t vote for BN … would be considered as ‘derhaka’ or ungrateful to the government.”
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INTERVIEW The traditional support the 100,000-strong police force gives the BN during elections is due to the fear among the officers that they will be seen as derhaka (traitors) and ungrateful if they vote for the opposition.
This, said retired Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department (CID) director Fauzi Shaari, who joined PAS three months ago, arises because the men and women of the force feel bound and indebted to the government.
“Many (police personnel) think of their salaries and allowances paid by the government. Going by such thinking, the government cannot be other than BN, which has been in power all this while,” Fauzi said.
“Due to this, those who don’t vote for BN … would be considered as ‘derhaka’ or ungrateful to the government.”
Why men and women of the force fear BN
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They had undergone anger-management courses but LOST THEIR TEMPER!
Can get money back ah?
Harakah Daily
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Aug 3: Anger-management trained members of the Federal Reserve Unit had fired more than 100 volleys of tear gas into crowds of Bersih 3.0 protestors on April 28, according to the force’s commanding chief Supt Zahari Mohd Yusoff who appeared at the Malaysian Human Rights Commission’s public inquiry yesterday.
“I am not sure how many tear gas [canisters] were fired, but no less than 100,” he said.
Zahari said his 400 subordinates had gathered a day earlier in the underground car park at Dataran Merdeka.
He also explained that his team had been trained with anger management so that they would not be emotional in discharging their duty.
“Starting this year, our team was taught ‘Anger Management’. In the training, FRU personnel would be made to go under the hot weather, and they would be taunted in order to see if they could take the pressure.
“We tried to act without emotion but if there is exception, it is the fault of the individual,” explained Zahari.
When questioned on the standard operating procedure (SOP) for firing tear gas, Zahari said it should be fired upward.
“But in desperation it could be fired downward,” he added.
Zahari also admitted that the police had not used any banner to urge protestors to disperse.
The reason? A Tamil typo.
“Yes, besides the instruction to disperse, there should be banner but that day we did not use it because there was a spelling error in Tamil language. So we did not use it,” he said.
At the inquiry, Zahari concurred that the police should have refrained from acting harshly on protestors.
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COMMENT I thank the Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) for the response to my commentary on why the police are impotent in fighting rising crime in the country.
Firstly, with regard to the lengthy explanation on how the crime count statistics are generated, whilst the information is quite useful, it does not make a convincing case that the crime rate has dropped dramatically during the past three years.
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Dr Lim: Malaysians do not trust the establishment mass media for good reason. The IGP’s statement – “Why must we release data that can picture Malaysia as a country that is not safe? I hope such irresponsible reports will not be released on social media” – will simply reinforce the public’s distrust of the reporting and statistics on crime carried by the establishment media and compel them to rely on less prejudiced alternatives.
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Bloggger: Dr Lim believes that the Police should listen to the personal accounts of victims of crime and then, they may realize why police statistics are not trusted.
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Blogger: Dr Lim points to how the police serves the government. He cites ACP Mohd Sofian Md Makinuddin, during his talk to the Sarawak Dayak Graduates Association recently: “Now we are facing the threats of certain quarters who hide behind NGOs and use religion, race and society as their tools to influence the people”.
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Dr LimPolitics aside, the great majority of Malaysians want a police force that is fair, trustworthy, efficient and effective. They will surely support the police in whatever it takes to reduce crime in the country.
That support – and respect – has to be earned the hard way. It cannot come from brandishing what in all probability are misleading statistics but by the redoubling of efforts to fight crime and to protect life and property; and by resistance to government attempts to use the police as its political lackey.
DR LIM TECK GHEE is director of the Centre for Policy Initiatives.
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High Court judge Kamardin Hashim made the statement that all future death in custody cases should be investigated by police from other districts.
He said this on July 19 at the revision on Gunasegaran a/l Rajasundram inquest at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
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However, the judge added that investigations conducted by the same district police lacked independence and transparency.
The judge also suggested that investigations should be conducted by police from a different district to ensure an independent and unbiased investigation.
Suaram supports the statement made by the judge on the need for independence and transparency in regard to investigations.
However, our concern is the concept of “police investigating the police”.
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Free Malaysia Today
Police custody death: No explanation for grieving family
Suaram has taken the authorities to task for their continued silence over the death of S Isparan while in police custody.
PETALING JAYA: It has been a month since S Isparan’s sudden death while in police custody and until now there has been no explanation from the authorities.
According to human rights group Suaram, Isparan’s family had approached the Attorney- General, Chief Justice, OCPD of Sungai Siput and even Suhakam but have yet to be told of the circumstances of his death.
Isparan, 37, passed away while in detention at Sungai Siput Utara police station on May 29.
Post-mortem results showed that Isparan died of “perforated peptic ulcer with peritonitis”.
This left his family perplexed as he had never suffered a history of gastric problems.
Suaram, in statement today, expressed deep regret at the authorities’ persistent silence over the matter.
“Suaram is gravely concerned at the state of accountability and responsibility of the police towards Malaysians.
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Cops top public complaints
Alyaa Alhadjri
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM (June 19, 2012): Cases of alleged police misconduct topped public complaints received by the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (EAIC) since its inception in April last year.
EAIC CEO Nor Afizah Hanum Mokhtar said today reports against the police accounted for 120 of the 171 complaints lodged by the public as of June 15.
“On cases involving the police, 50 complaints were made in Kuala Lumpur, 34 in Selangor and 19 in Penang,” she said, adding that the remaining cases involved officers in other states.
Nor Afizah Hanum said besides the police, seven complaints were lodged against the Road Transport Department and five each against the customs and the immigration, among others.
She was speaking at a joint press conference with EAIC chairman Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusof after participating in a two-hour dialogue with about 40 representatives from Selangor enforcement agencies and non-governmental organisations.
The main function of EAIC is to receive public complaints against officers from 19 enforcement agencies, or against the agencies themselves and initiate inquiries once it is satisfied that the complaints are valid.
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Read this comment by S THAYAPARAN, Commander (rtd) in the Royal Malaysian Navy.
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“Jail’s no home for the truth.” – Carandiru
COMMENT Three years is not a long time. Here in Malaysia, it’s just a year short of how long a regime can legitimately hold on to power before it needs to hold an election to get the endorsement of the voting public to remain in power.
Three years for ‘causing hurt’ to A Kugan is what an officer of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) received.
The truth will never be known in this case or in the hundreds or perhaps even thousands of others who have suddenly died in police custody, immigrant detention camps, police shootouts and jails over the years. We will never know the anguish of families of those killed or who have died in custody due to negligence.
We may share their sense of outrage but our outrage is diluted with our disdain for the systemic corruption that permeates every level of government.
Our outrage in some cases is also dependent on the guilt of the parties involved. We are indifferent to the fates of convicted inmates and the unsanitary (and most often criminally negligent) conditions they are housed in when it is the responsibility of the state to administer their welfare.
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- COMMENT Blame was assigned, a verdict recorded, a sentence meted out, but Kugan’s family will never know the truth and neither will we.
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Monday June 11, 2012 MYT 1:48:22 PM
Cop found guilty of causing hurt to Kugan, gets six-year jail sentence
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The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) was set up to investigate complaints about abuse of power by enforcement officers but the commission has not received a single complaint regarding police brutality in the two Bersih rallies – Bersih 2.0 on July 9, 2011, and Bersih 3.0 on April 28.
Star
Sunday May 6, 2012
Do not cross the line
By HARIATI AZIZAN
sunday@thestar.com.my
The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission is here to keep the enforcement agencies in check, but they need the help of the public to do it.
Do not cross the line
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In the past few years, calls for stern action against abuses by enforcement officers have heightened as their offences appear to go unpunished.
But the statutory body entrusted with the mandate to act on these offences has yet to receive such complaints.
The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC), which came into force in April last year, said that while the bulk of complaints it received were on the police, none were however on the hot-button issue of abuse of power.
People don’t trust us, laments EAIC – Malaysiakiniwww.malaysiakini.com/news/200017 – Cached
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Tuesday, 05 June 2012 20:21
SHOOT TO KILL! Same old modus operandi by the police
Written by R Thevarajan
SUARAM expresses regret over the deaths of 3 individuals, siblings Aidi Noor Hafizal Othman and Noor Azman Othman and friend Ahmad Soufa Ahman who were shot dead by the Royal Malaysian Police on 14 April 2012 at Billion roundabout, Cheras.
According to the City Criminal Investigation Department chief Ku Chin Wah claimed that the trio were suspects in relation to Shah Alam jewellery shop heist on April 6.
SHOOT TO KILL! Same old modus operandi by the police
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Free Malaysia Today
Lawyer group seeks special probe of Cheras killing
Lawyers for Liberty says there is something amiss in the police version of the story.
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers for Liberty (LFF) today called on Bukit Aman police headquarters to set up an independent body to investigate the death of three men in an alleged shootout with policemen in Cheras last month.
Speaking after lodging reports at the Dang Wangi police headquarters, LFL advisor N Surendran also demanded the suspension of the policemen involved as well as Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Hwa for issuing a statement on the tragedy before the incident was properly investigated.
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Surendran said he doubted the police’s version of what happened because the three had multiple gunshot wound on their bodies, including on the head.
“Azman had eight gunshots and Aidi had 11,” he said. “If the police were merely defending themselves, why did they end up with so many gunshot wounds, especially on the head?”
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Goldsmith shop robbery suspects shot dead
Last updated on 14 April 2012 – 08:42pm
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14, 2012): Three men believed to have been involved in a robbery at a goldsmith’s shop in Shah Alam on April 6, were shot dead at the Cheras roundabout here today.
Kuala Lumpur criminal investigation chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah said police trailed the suspects’ car from the Pantai Hospital in Cheras at 11.30 am before overtaking it at the roundabout.
“The suspect who was sitting at the front passenger seat shot at police forcing them to return fire,” he told reporters at the scene.
1 Goldsmith shop robbery suspects shot dead | theSundaily.www.thesundaily.my/news/349499 – Cached
2 Three robbers shot dead after car chasethestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/4/14/nation/… – Cached
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Do you realize that being in the cell of a police station can be dangerous, even lethal?
Charles Hector
Thursday, July 23, 2009
About 3,000 deaths in custody in Malaysia in the last 20 years…Deaths in police custody have been on the rise
How many deaths in custody of other enforcement agencies in Malaysia since independence?
Yearly data is required to determine whether deaths in custody is on the rise, as is the case of death in police custody…
“1,535 Deaths in Custody in Malaysia between 2003 and last year” (Bernama News, 8/7/08) – this was what was revealed at the Dewan Rakyat(Parliment) on Tuesday(8/7/2008). – 1,535 Deaths in Custody in Malaysia between 2003 and last year
We know that from 1990 until September 2004, there were 1,583 + 150 deaths in custody…
Maybe about 3,000 deaths in custody in Malaysia since 1990…
charleshector.blogspot.com/2009/07/about-3000-deaths-in… – Cached
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Here is another death. This time it happened at a police station near us, at the Sungai Siput Utara Police Station
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Free Malaysia Today
Another death in custody! Now who’s responsible?
FMT LETTER: From Thevarajan R, via e-mail
Suaram expresses regret and disappointment at the latest death in custody involving Isparan Subramaniam, 37, on May 29, 2012. Isparan was pronounced dead at about 10.30am at Sungai Siput Utara Police Station’s lock-up.
Another death in custody! Now who’s responsible? | Free …www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/06/04/… – Cached
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Malaysia Chronicle
NOT ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY! Now, who’s responsible?
Written by R Thevarajan
SUARAM expresses regret and is disappointed at the latest death in custody involving deceased, Isparan a/l Subramaniam, 37, on the 29th May 2012. Isparan was pronounced dead at about 10:30AM at Sungai Siput Utara Police Station’s lock-up.
The post mortem result from Ipoh Hospital indicates that Isparan died of “Perforated Peptic Ulcer with Peritonitis”. Isparan was suspected as a drug addict and was arrested and detained at Sungai Siput lock-up before his premature demise. He is survived by his wife and three children. Isparan’s family members are in grief and were haunted by many questions left unanswered:-
> The deceased had never had any gastreous problems and/or anything relating to gastreous problems prior to the arrest. How could he have begotten “Perforated Peptic Ulcer with Peritonitis” while under custody?
> If the cause of death according to the post mortem is true, which the family members vehemently deny, why have not Isparan been referred to the hospital immediately?
NOT ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY! Now, who’s responsible?
SUARAM expresses regret and is disappointed at the latest death in custody involving deceased, Isparan a/l Subramaniam..
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Northern Region News
| May 29, 2012 18:54 PM |
Drug Addict Dies In Lock Up
IPOH, May 29 (Bernama) — A drug addict who was detained at the Sungai Siput Utara Police lock up for the past three days, was found dead today, believed to be due to illness.
Sungai Siput Police Chief, Supt Azman Salim said the 37-year-old suspect was pronounced dead at 10am by a doctor who was called to treat him after claiming that he was not feeling well.
Azman said the suspect from Aulong, Taiping had collapsed inside the cell before a doctor was called to treat him.
His body was later sent to the Sungai Siput hospital for a post-mortem.
The suspect was detained on Sunday at Rimba Panjang, Sungai Siput after urine tests showed he was positive for drugs. Police have ruled out any foul play and classified the case as sudden death.
–BERNAMA
www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?cat=nt&id=… – Cached
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