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Thursday 22 January 2009

Police to quiz two deputy ministers over dead suspect

UPDATED

PETALING JAYA, Jan 22 — The police are expected to record the statements of two deputy ministers in connection with the incident at the Serdang Hospital mortuary where the body of a suspected car thief was alleged to have been tampered with.

Selangor CPO DCP Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said a post-mortem showed that A. Kugan died of liquid in the lungs. He was being questioned at the Taipan police station in Subang Jaya when he died.

Kugan’s family and several other people alleged stormed the hospital morgue on Tuesday where Kugan’s body was being kept, removed his shirt and took photographs.

It was reported that Kugan was arrested on Jan 15 on suspicion of being involved in the theft of luxury cars. He was taken to the Taipan police station on Tuesday when he suddenly collapsed and died while being questioned.

Meanwhile Bernama reported that Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar has confirmed following the post-term, police will investigate the death and assured that there “will be no cover-up in the investigation". He hopes that the family and the general public will be patient.

He was speaking to reporters after a launch of a road safety campaign at the Kajang-Seremban Highway today.

“We regretted that the family and members of the public barged into the Serdang Hospital mortuary where the body was kept, yesterday.”

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