KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- The Bar Council welcomed the Attorney-General's announcement to treat the death of A. Kugan under police custody as murder.
According to a press statement by Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, "prompt and serious action by the authorities, including an immediate, impartial, transparent and thorough investigation into this custodial death by an independent committee" was required.
"We trust that undue attention will not be given to the incident at the mortuary. It reflected the reactions of persons who were understandably outraged and emotional about A. Kugan's sudden and unexplained death," stated Ambiga.
She also said that such tragedies brought about a dire need for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission.
"Such a commission needs to function independently with an external oversight body to investigate complaints about police personnel and to make the police accountable for their conduct.
"We also call on the authorities to expedite the ongoing inquests into other custodial deaths. We are deeply concerned that this custodial death will be relegated to a mere statistic," she continued.
-- BERNAMA
According to a press statement by Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, "prompt and serious action by the authorities, including an immediate, impartial, transparent and thorough investigation into this custodial death by an independent committee" was required.
"We trust that undue attention will not be given to the incident at the mortuary. It reflected the reactions of persons who were understandably outraged and emotional about A. Kugan's sudden and unexplained death," stated Ambiga.
She also said that such tragedies brought about a dire need for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission.
"Such a commission needs to function independently with an external oversight body to investigate complaints about police personnel and to make the police accountable for their conduct.
"We also call on the authorities to expedite the ongoing inquests into other custodial deaths. We are deeply concerned that this custodial death will be relegated to a mere statistic," she continued.
-- BERNAMA
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