KeADILan’s Mike lodges police report against S’gor police chief

In the latest move by civil groups and community leaders to make the police accountable for what they say and the action they took in the Kugan custodial death case, the Kapar MP has followed through with a police report against the Selangor police chief …

By SK English Team

KeADILan leader and MP for Kapar S Manikavasagam has lodged a police report against Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar for alleging that two deputy ministers and the family of dead police detainee, Kugan Ananthan, had barged into the Serdang Hospital mortuary.

“The police allegation that the victim’s family had trespassed into the mortuary was not true because the recording showed that the staff at the mortuary had allowed all family members of the victim to come into the room,” Manikavasagam said.

According to Manikavasagam, popularly known as Mike, he and lawyer N Surendran had lodged the report at the Brickfields District Police Headquarters.

“We not only lodged a police report, we also handed over a CD recording to the police to prove that the allegation that the two deputy ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department, Senator T Murugiah and SK Devamany, and the victim’s family had barged into the hospital mortuary was totally incorrect,” he added.

Khalid must be accountable for what he said

Mike said the compact disc recording clearly showed that the two deputy ministers were not at the scene when the family entered the mortuary. The duo arrived at the scene only several hours later.

Mike called for action to be taken against Khalid for making a false statement.

The 22-year old Kugan had died while under a two-week remand to help police investigations in to a spate of luxury car thefts. Khalid had said he died because of ‘water in his lungs’.

Dissatisfied with the explanation, Kugan’s family had gone to the mortuary, where they took photos and video footage of his budy, which showed extensive bruises.

Brickfields OCPD, ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Talib confirmed receiving the report.

Khalid, however, declined to comment.

Sumber : Suara Keadilan