A NGO monitoring the case of 13-year-old S Sunther says the whistleblower would speak only to Bukit Aman police
PETALING JAYA: A witness is willing to testify that he saw two policemen torture a 13-year-old at the Jempol police station last month.
However, he would speak only to Bukit Aman police and not to the officers appointed by Jempol police to carry out an internal probe, according to an NGO monitoring the case.
“I will only produce the witness to the special investigations team appointed by Bukit Aman, not the Jempol police,” said R Sri Sanjeevan, vice president of Astivaaram Foundation, an organisation formed in 2010 to cater to the welfare of Malaysian Indians.
He would not give any other information about the witness, but said Astivaaram was in touch with Bukit Aman.
Sanjeevan last weekend lodged a report with the Jempol station, urging the police to suspend the two officers from duty or transfer them out of Jempol to “show that the police are committed to impartiality in its probe of the case”.
He said the two, using a third party, had been trying to persuade the boy’s family to withdraw a March 2 report against them. In that report, the boy, S Sunther of Helier Estate, said the officers beat him with a rubber hose, leaving injuries on his eyes and other parts of his body.
Sunther was arrested on Feb 26 on suspicion of stealing jewellery. He was charged in the Bahau magistrate’s court on March 2 and is due to report to the Juvenile Court on May 2, when his plea will be recorded.
Sanjeevan, who is also Negeri Sembilan Kita chairman, expressed appreciation to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for his interest in the case.
He told FMT that Sunther’s wounds were healing but he was complaining of frequent headaches. He is due for a follow-up medical check-up next week.
PETALING JAYA: A witness is willing to testify that he saw two policemen torture a 13-year-old at the Jempol police station last month.However, he would speak only to Bukit Aman police and not to the officers appointed by Jempol police to carry out an internal probe, according to an NGO monitoring the case.
“I will only produce the witness to the special investigations team appointed by Bukit Aman, not the Jempol police,” said R Sri Sanjeevan, vice president of Astivaaram Foundation, an organisation formed in 2010 to cater to the welfare of Malaysian Indians.
He would not give any other information about the witness, but said Astivaaram was in touch with Bukit Aman.
Sanjeevan last weekend lodged a report with the Jempol station, urging the police to suspend the two officers from duty or transfer them out of Jempol to “show that the police are committed to impartiality in its probe of the case”.
He said the two, using a third party, had been trying to persuade the boy’s family to withdraw a March 2 report against them. In that report, the boy, S Sunther of Helier Estate, said the officers beat him with a rubber hose, leaving injuries on his eyes and other parts of his body.
Sunther was arrested on Feb 26 on suspicion of stealing jewellery. He was charged in the Bahau magistrate’s court on March 2 and is due to report to the Juvenile Court on May 2, when his plea will be recorded.
Sanjeevan, who is also Negeri Sembilan Kita chairman, expressed appreciation to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for his interest in the case.
He told FMT that Sunther’s wounds were healing but he was complaining of frequent headaches. He is due for a follow-up medical check-up next week.
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