The family suspects foul play and wants to know how Harirajan died while in Kajang prison custody.
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR and family members are seeking for the truth after 34-year-old N Harirajan was found dead in Kajang prison last Friday morning.
In a statement today, PKR’s legal bureau deputy chief S Jayathas said Harirajan’s family were informed by Kajang prison authorities on Friday afternoon that he had died of HIV/Aids.
However, family members who went to claim his body from the Kajang hospital mortuary were shocked to see bruises on the his chest, head, stitches above his right eye and both his ears bleeding.
Jayathas said that when the family requested for a copy of the postmortem report completed on Friday afternoon, the pathologist had refused and told them come back and collect the report on April 14.
According to the deceased’s younger brother, N Harikrishnan, a magistrate had then given the family a blank piece of paper for processing the release of Harirajan’s body.
Unhappy with the condition of his brother’s body, Harikrishnan refused to sign the blank paper and insisted a second postmortem be conducted.
He lodged a police report at the Kajang police station stating that the family suspect foul play.
Converted to Islam?
Earlier Friday morning, the Kajang Islamic Religious department informed the family that Harirajan had converted to Islam.
The family insisted that religious officers showed them proof of his conversion. However the officers then left the hospital as they could not provide any documented proof.
“We, the family, want to know the truth and we are waiting for a full postmortem report which is expected today,” said Harikrishnan.
“We will only claim the body after we receive the full postmortem report,” he added.
It was learnt that Harirajan had been arrested last December for robbery and was serving his six-year imprisonment sentence.
Jayathas said the case on Harirajan’s custodial death will be led by Lawyers for Liberty’s G Sivamalar.
When contacted, Sivamalar said that Harikrishan had lodged a second police report at Kajang police station on her advise, seeking for a second autopsy.
“We are looking at conducting the second autopsy either at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital or the University Malaya Medical Centre,” she said, adding the report will be submitted to Kajang hospital for further action.
Sivamalar added that the family were dissatisfied with the first post mortem as it did not cover the bruises on Harirajan’s body and face.
The post mortem report indicated that Harirajan died of coronary artery and retroviral disease.
In a statement today, PKR’s legal bureau deputy chief S Jayathas said Harirajan’s family were informed by Kajang prison authorities on Friday afternoon that he had died of HIV/Aids.
However, family members who went to claim his body from the Kajang hospital mortuary were shocked to see bruises on the his chest, head, stitches above his right eye and both his ears bleeding.
Jayathas said that when the family requested for a copy of the postmortem report completed on Friday afternoon, the pathologist had refused and told them come back and collect the report on April 14.
According to the deceased’s younger brother, N Harikrishnan, a magistrate had then given the family a blank piece of paper for processing the release of Harirajan’s body.
Unhappy with the condition of his brother’s body, Harikrishnan refused to sign the blank paper and insisted a second postmortem be conducted.
He lodged a police report at the Kajang police station stating that the family suspect foul play.
Converted to Islam?
Earlier Friday morning, the Kajang Islamic Religious department informed the family that Harirajan had converted to Islam.
The family insisted that religious officers showed them proof of his conversion. However the officers then left the hospital as they could not provide any documented proof.
“We, the family, want to know the truth and we are waiting for a full postmortem report which is expected today,” said Harikrishnan.
“We will only claim the body after we receive the full postmortem report,” he added.
It was learnt that Harirajan had been arrested last December for robbery and was serving his six-year imprisonment sentence.
Jayathas said the case on Harirajan’s custodial death will be led by Lawyers for Liberty’s G Sivamalar.
When contacted, Sivamalar said that Harikrishan had lodged a second police report at Kajang police station on her advise, seeking for a second autopsy.
“We are looking at conducting the second autopsy either at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital or the University Malaya Medical Centre,” she said, adding the report will be submitted to Kajang hospital for further action.
Sivamalar added that the family were dissatisfied with the first post mortem as it did not cover the bruises on Harirajan’s body and face.
The post mortem report indicated that Harirajan died of coronary artery and retroviral disease.
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