PETALING JAYA, Feb 5 — Kapar S Manikavasagam, claimed today that there were burn marks on the penis of Kugan Ananthan, who died while in police custody, on Jan 20.
“I saw the body myself but was also informed that the injuries on his private parts looked like it was burnt with a lighter.”
The Kapar MP was speaking to the press at the lobby of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) where a second autopsy was done on Kugan body after his family disputed initial findings, which attributed his death to fluid in his lungs.
However waiting reporters who anticipated the release of the second post-mortem results were left disappointed when told by family lawyer N Surendran that it was still not ready.
Surendran, together with Kugan’s family, earlier met with the pathologist at UMMC.
He said tissue samples taken from Kugan’s body will be sent to a lab in Australia for analysis and this may take anywhere between seven and 10 days before a report will be sent back to Malaysia.
“We initially wanted to send the samples to Singapore but apparently there is problem and they have declined to do the analysis.”
Surendran said they were opting to send the blood, tissue and fluid samples overseas because of the lack of faith in local labs, which may not be independent of the Government.
“We have heard from sources that police have taken a statement from the pathologist involved in the second post mortem, so our concerned about the independence of government labs, is not unfounded.”
He said they expect the results to show that Kugan died after being beaten in police custody.
Meanwhile he lashed out at police for dragging their feet over the murder investigation of the 22 year-old suspected car thief, which is into its 17th day.
“This is a simple case. It happened at a police station, the suspects are policemen yet no one has been arrested or charged.”
He said if the suspects were anyone else they would have been in remand or charged in court.
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