Crusading lawyer N. Surendran has encountered many harrowing cases of deaths in custody over the past 12 years TIME and time again, Malaysians have met their deaths in grim circumstances behind the bars of a police lock-up. These aren’t sanctioned executions nor fights between prisoners, but appear to be something altogether more sinister. In recent…
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — N. Dhamendran’s family lodged a disciplinary complaint today against Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Datuk Ku Chin Wah for allegedly covering up the detainee’s death. Ku was reported by national news agency Bernama on May 22 as saying that Dhamendran had died the night before after complaining…
PETALING JAYA: PKR vice president N Surendran said today that the family of C Sugumar has given up on the crusade for a second autopsy but will continue to fight for justice. “The family along with us lawyers had given the government a 48 hour ultimatum to allow a second autopsy. They have kept mum…
PETALING JAYA (June 7): The family of the late C Sugumar, who died in police custody, has given the government 48 hours to accede to their demands of a second post- mortem by flying in Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand or at the very least removing the court order for a second post-mortem. PKR vice-president N Surendran…
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The police officers, who allegedly caused N. Dhamendran’s death, were charged with murder today, about two weeks after he was found dead in a police lock-up here. The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code was read out to three policemen in the magistrate’s court here, with another accused…
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PETALING JAYA (June 1): PKR wants the policemen involved in detainee N Dhamendran’s torture and subsequent death while in police custody to be charged with his murder immediately. In calling the injuries suffered by the 32-year-old “even more worse” than those inflicted on car thief suspect A Kugan who died in police custody four years…
PETALING JAYA: Police tried to provoke aggression from the participants of a candle light vigil outside the Jinjang detention centre a week ago, according to activist lawyer G Sivamalar. “They were provoking and shouting at us,” the Lawyers for Liberty activist told FMT in explaining a news picture showing her in confrontation with a policeman.…
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s R Sivarasa today urged for Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to stop manipulating the police. Speaking to reporters after he was called in for questioning at the Tropicana police station with regard to his involvement in a candle light vigil at the Jinjang police detention centre, he said that Zahid must be…
PETALING JAYA: Federal police headquarters Bukit Aman has been urged to swiftly act against police officials involved in the custodial death of 32-year-old lorry driver N Darmindran, or face public wrath in the form of a major rally. Pressing the demand today, PKR human rights deputy chief S Jayathas told FMT that the police had…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will on June 19 deliver its decision in a suit filed by the family of luxury car theft suspect A. Kugan against the police and the government. Judge Datuk V.T Singham set the date after hearing submissions from the parties yesterday. Kugan’s mother N. Indra who filed the suit in…
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Tian Chua and four other opposition activists were today charged in the Sessions Court here for making a seditious speech at a ceramah at the Chinese Assembly Hall two weeks ago. However, Tian Chua or his real name Chua Tian Chang, 50, together with the chairman of the Malaysian Undergraduates…
PETALING JAYA: The family of N Dharmendran have claimed that the Prime Minister’s Department and police are harassing them. Father of the deceased, V Narayanasamy, said he received multiple phone calls on May 27 from a person who claimed to be working with the PM’s department known as D Ravindran. “He told me that he…
PETALING JAYA, May 29 — A Sessions Court judge has recused herself from hearing the case of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) communication director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who is charged with the organising of a rally at the MBPJ Kelana Jaya Stadium as the accused is related to her family. Judge Rozina Ayob, who was…
PETALING JAYA, May 29 — An officer with newly-appointed minister Datuk Paul Low and the police have been accused of “harassing” the family members of police custodial death victim N. Dharmendran who was allegedly beaten to death in a lockup earlier this month. PKR vice president N Surendran claimed today the deceased’s father, G Nagayarasamy,…