PETALING JAYA: "Let them say whatever they want about me because in the end the truth will be revealed," said S. Karigalan concerning a police report lodged against him by the wife of the man charged with the March 3 murder of his 18-month-old son K. Haresvarra. Speaking exclusively to The Malay Mail, Karigalan said he cannot understand why S.M. Kaliyammal, the wife of the alleged murderer M. Rajamorgan, had asked the police to investigate him and his wife Thilaga.
“The case of my son's murder has already been mentioned in court and, for some strange reason, it has also been heavily politicised,” he said.
"The victim is my child who was abused and murdered by the accused but he and his wife and some residents of Kampung Kayu Ara, Petaling Jaya, are defending the murderer by putting the blame on me."
Karigalan said the police are way ahead of his detractors and had investigated his son's murder based on evidence.
“We must now let the court decide," he said. At 2pm yesterday, Kaliyammal lodged two police reports at the Damansara police station, claiming that her husband Rajamorgan, who is under detention at Sungai Buloh prison, has been wrongly accused of the murder of Haresvarra.
In her first report, she accused Karigalan as the prime suspect who had abused and murdered his own child based on the bruises on Haresvarra's hand and body before the toddler died.
In her second report, she claimed that a day after the toddler's death, Thilaga and eight men had gone to her house.
NEW ALLEGATIONS: Kaliyammal, wife of accused murderer make a second police report on Karigalan
“All of them were thugs. They even threatened me into opening my house door," alleged Kaliyammal. "I had no choice but to open the door out of concern for my family's safety. The men ransacked my home and took some of my belongings, including jewellery and RM1,500 cash from my cupboard.”
Petaling Jaya district police chief, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed confirmed that Kaliyammal had filed two reports yesterday.
He declined to comment on the allegations by the suspect’s wife in her first police report as the matter is in court.
However, Arjunaidi said they would investigate the allegations in Kaliyammal's second report.
Accused baby murderer complains of prison brutality
PETALING JAYA: In an unprecedented move, the magistrate court presiding over the murder case of 18-month-old toddler K.Haresvarra ordered the Sungai Buloh prison director to appear in court to explain about prison abuse allegations today.
Magistrate Ho Kwong Chin, who set April 6 to hear the matter, said the accused, lorry attendant M.Rajamorgan, 33, has alleged he was beaten at the Sg Buloh prison.
"I will set the mention date so the director himself can explain about this, " said Ho.
Last Monday, lorry attendant Rajamorgan was charged for the murder of Haresvarra at the Magistrate Court here.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murdering the child on March 3, between 9.40pm and 10.10pm, at the Pangsapuri Vista Damansara's children's playground in Jalan Kenanga, Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara.
The charge carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction. No plea has been recorded.
Ho this morning also set April 16 for the case to be transferred to High Court.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhafran Rahim Hamzah had earlier told the court that the prosecution is still unable to consent to the case being transferred to the High Court as the chemist and the post-mortem report are not out yet.
He applied to the court for a later mention date so that the court would not be inconvenienced by having the accused appear in open court every eight days according to for remand proceedings.
Rajamorgan's counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad, however, objected, and said: "How can we say we're 'inconveniencing' the court, at the expense of justice? Since the post-mortem and chemist report are not out yet, we do not know the cause of death.
"The police should not arrest and charge first, then investigate later as there are so many aspects to the case which have not been investigated."
Magistrate Ho today also decided that he would not issue a gag order, applied by Amer Hamzah, to prevent Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed from holding further press conferences or issuing press statements that may be prejudicial to Rajamorgan.
N.Surendran, also representing Rajamorgan, had earlier applied for the court to issue an order for the Sg Buloh prison so that his client would "no longer" be harmed in prison.
He applied that the court should cite the director for contempt of court if such incidents recur.
"We can take a very high position and arrest and put people in prison. But our own prisons are run like zoos. I will say it in court, that people in uniforms have killed our clients, this is their behavior. That's why I'm seeking this order," said Surendran.
Zhafran, in response, said a police report can be made on the allegations where police can investigate.
To the earlier statement that the prosecution has no evidence at all, Zhafran said:"The defence does not know whether there is enough evidence or not. Based on the police investigations, it showed that the accused may have committed the murder."
Outside the court, Amer said, the wife of the accused lodged a police report yesterday, alleging that she was told that the toddler's father, S. Karigalan, had been abusive to his wife and child.
Amer also said that there have been 16 police reports lodged by neighbours at the Sri Ara apartment vouching for the good character of the accused.
"These are all the things that are yet to be covered by investigations," said Amer.
It was reported that Haresvarra's parents had initially left him at a neighbour's house, but his mother, K. Thilagavathy, 23, later asked Rajamorgan and his wife for help. It was also reported that the couple used to babysit the toddler.
In our March 5 report, Haresvarra's father, Karigalan, said that on the day of the incident, Harresvara was being looked after at a neighbour's home when the former babysitter's husband came to take the child away by force, on the pretext of taking him out to buy chocolate.
Rajamorgan reportedly returned 10 minutes later with Haresvarra. A few minutes later, the toddler had difficulties breathing and was taken to a nearby clinic, but was pronounced dead.
A post-mortem at the University Malaya Medical Centre on March 3 revealed that Haresvarra had suffered broken ribs, a ruptured liver and bruises all over his body.
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