PETALING JAYA: The family of the late R Kumar Rajah lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station against the Kajang Prison authorities for criminal medical negligence. R Kumar Rajah, 27, had complained of severe stomach pain for three days and was only given pain killers. He died on Oct 29 in his…
SHAH ALAM 19 November: Sebarang bentuk penyelewengan dan penipuan tidak perlu dirahsia serta wajar didedah dan tindakan dikenakan ke atas yang didakwa hendaklah tidak bersifat selektif, kata Sivarasa Rasiah. Demikian hujah peguam kepada Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli itu pada pendengaran permohonan anak guamnya untuk membatalkan tuduhan di bawah Akta Perbankan dan Institusi Kewangan 1989…
The criminal charges against the NFCorp chairman meant he would gain no protection from the BAFIA’s provisions, Rafizi’s lawyer argued. — File pic KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 ― An individual automatically loses his right to banking confidentiality once he is charged with committing a criminal offence, a Shah Alam High Court hearing Rafizi Ramli’s application…
KUALA LUMPUR: A movement fighting against what it calls “state violence” is planning to hold a mass rally early next month as part of its campaign for accountability on unexplained deaths linked to the authorities. The group, endorsed by 34 rights groups, held a public forum last night, officiating what they said would be an…
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6, 2012): In a dramatic turn of events, former Constable V Navindran, sentenced to three years jail for causing hurt to S Kugan who died in police custody, testified in a High Court today that he was an unwilling “scapegoat”. Navindran, 32, said that before he was charged, the former district police…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — Former police constable V. Navindran claimed here today that he was the “chosen scapegoat” in facing the charge of causing the death of A. Kugan, who was found dead in the Taipan USJ police station, Subang Jaya on Jan 20 2009. Navindran, 32, the second defendant in the RM100 million…
Apakah tiada keadilan atau kedaulatan undang-undang di Malaysia? Bolehkah Polis DiRaja Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) atau sebarang agensi penguatkuasaan kerajaan menyalahgunakan kuasa mereka dengan sesuka hati, pada bila-bila masa sahaja? Apakah mereka semudahnya boleh lepas daripada tindakan undang-undang, pengadilan, pendakwaan jenayah dan tindakan disiplin bagi kesemua penembakan, kematian dalam tahanan dan penyiksaan yang…
Is there no justice or rule of law in Malaysia? Can members of the Royal Malaysia Police, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) or any other government enforcement agency abuse their powers as and when they please? Should they escape the long arm of the law, justice, criminal prosecution and disciplinary action for all the unjustifiable and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The police did not inform A Kugan’s mother that he was arrested despite her repeated queries on his whereabouts, the Kuala Lumpur High Court was told today. Testifying in her RM100 million suit against the deputy IGP and four others, N Indra said she only learnt of her son’s arrest when he died…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 ― The police had sought to hide the injuries on the body of A. Kugan, a suspected car thief who died while under custody three years ago, witness N. Surendran told the High Court here today. Surendran, who was the first witness to testify in the RM100 million negligence suit filed…
Based on preliminary findings, R Kumar Rajah died due to infection of the heart muscle and not because of HIV. PETALING JAYA: A post-mortem has finally been performed on the remains of R Kumar Rajah, 27, who died at the Kajang Prison on Oct 29 after complaining of severe stomach ache. The preliminary findings of…
KUALA LUMPUR: A coalition of 30 NGOs will hold a peaceful rally at Dataran Merdeka on Dec 9 to compel the government to put an end to extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody and other forms of violence perpetrated by the state against members of the public. The rally is scheduled to begin at 2pm. The…
HE only had four more months left to the end of his two-year prison sentence, and had even optimistically asked his mother about the family’s Deepavali preparations this year. But merely five days after M. Sooriakandhi’s last visit to her son, she was told her son died due to AIDS-related complications. R. Kumar Rajah, 27, was…
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR vice-president N Surendran and Subang MP R Sivarasa today demanded the Home Ministry to order the police to refer the remains of R Kumar Rajah for a post-mortem. The Kajang prison inmate was in excruciating pain for several days and died on Oct 29, but his mother M Sooriakandhi was only informed…