January file photo of protestors at Bukit Aman with a banner depicting pictures of Kugan. — File pic
PETALING JAYA, Oct 9 — A new twist into the death of A. Kugan, who died while in police custody, emerged today when lawyers representing his family told the magistrate's court they had evidence he may also have been poisoned.
N. Surendran, who is one of the family's three lawyers seeking the return of toxicology samples obtained from Kugan, told the court he had post-mortem pictures which a medical expert believes show an injection mark on Kugan's arm.
The toxicology samples were seized by the police on April 6 during a raid on the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) where a second post-mortem on Kugan was carried out on the insistence of his family.
Surendran argued that the return of the samples was vital because the family intends to send them for analysis in Australia to determine if Kugan was poisoned.
“His family wants the test to be conducted because they believe he died not only because of brutal beatings but from an injection of a substance into his body.”
Magistrate Ho Kwang Chin will deliver his decision on whether the samples should be returned to UMMC on Monday.
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