The New Straits Times
PETALING JAYA: A witness told the court that he saw constable V. Navindran beating suspected car thief, A. Kugan, with a rubber hose in a police station, but he did not report the incident to his superiors.
The witness, Lance Corporal Junid Harun, 34, said he did not report the incident as he was not on duty when the incident took place.
Junid said Navindran was at the D9 unit of the Taipan police station just before 4pm on Jan 16 where he spoke to Kugan in an angry tone.
To a question by deputy public prosecutor Lailawati Ali, Junid said he then saw Navindran beating Kugan repeatedly with a rubber hose.
Lailawati: You saw the beating?
Junid: Yes.
Junid added that when the beating took place, both Navindran and Kugan were facing each other. However, Kugan was moving to the left and right, trying to evade the blows.
The witness said he then ordered Navindran to leave as he (Navindran) was not on duty (to guard Kugan).
At an earlier hearing on April 6, another police officer, Constable Mohd Fauzi Mohd Nor, 29, also testified he saw Navindran hitting Kugan with a rubber hose.
Lailawati: Did you make a record of the incident, or did you report the beating to your superiors?
Junid: No.
Lailawati: Why?
Junid: Because I was not on duty yet. My duty started at 4pm while the beating took place before that. I was to watch over Kugan from 4pm to 8pm.
Junid was the 19th prosecution witness to testify in the case of Kugan who died in police custody on Jan 20 last year.
Navindran, 28, was charged with causing grievous hurt to Kugan, 23, at the interrogation room of the Taipan police station at 7am on Jan 16.
He had also pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges of causing hurt to Kugan at the same place.
Hearing before Sessions Court judge Aslam Zainuddin will resume on April 29.
PETALING JAYA: A witness told the court that he saw constable V. Navindran beating suspected car thief, A. Kugan, with a rubber hose in a police station, but he did not report the incident to his superiors.
The witness, Lance Corporal Junid Harun, 34, said he did not report the incident as he was not on duty when the incident took place.
Junid said Navindran was at the D9 unit of the Taipan police station just before 4pm on Jan 16 where he spoke to Kugan in an angry tone.
To a question by deputy public prosecutor Lailawati Ali, Junid said he then saw Navindran beating Kugan repeatedly with a rubber hose.
Lailawati: You saw the beating?
Junid: Yes.
Junid added that when the beating took place, both Navindran and Kugan were facing each other. However, Kugan was moving to the left and right, trying to evade the blows.
The witness said he then ordered Navindran to leave as he (Navindran) was not on duty (to guard Kugan).
At an earlier hearing on April 6, another police officer, Constable Mohd Fauzi Mohd Nor, 29, also testified he saw Navindran hitting Kugan with a rubber hose.
Lailawati: Did you make a record of the incident, or did you report the beating to your superiors?
Junid: No.
Lailawati: Why?
Junid: Because I was not on duty yet. My duty started at 4pm while the beating took place before that. I was to watch over Kugan from 4pm to 8pm.
Junid was the 19th prosecution witness to testify in the case of Kugan who died in police custody on Jan 20 last year.
Navindran, 28, was charged with causing grievous hurt to Kugan, 23, at the interrogation room of the Taipan police station at 7am on Jan 16.
He had also pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges of causing hurt to Kugan at the same place.
Hearing before Sessions Court judge Aslam Zainuddin will resume on April 29.
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