Kugan’s final journey: An end to custodial deaths?

Lawyers address a crowd inside the University Hospital premises

Riot police take up positions as an officer orders the crowd to disperse

This was the scene outside the University Hospital at about 1.20pm today. Police probably outnumbered the crowd as half a dozen riot police trucks waited along Jalan Universiti outside the hospital.

Kugan is expected to make his final journey to Puchong today.

I hope this will close the long chapter on the deaths in police custody over the years and usher in an era of greater professionalism, accountability and respect for human rights and due process.