Death can't be due to 'liquid in lungs'(Malaysiakini)

‘I am certainly very surprised that 'liquid in the lungs' can be listed as the cause of death of a police detainee. Any self- respecting doctor will not put up with such rubbish.'
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Worried Malaysian: ‘Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said today that the post-mortem results showed that Kugan Ananthan died because of 'liquid in his lungs'.'

I am certainly very surprised that 'liquid in the lungs' can be listed as a cause of death. Any self- respecting doctor will not put up with such rubbish.

The 'liquid in the lungs' is a probably a finding. When a person drowns, there is 'liquid in the lungs' but the doctor will not put that as a cause of death.

If the doctor finds 'liquid in the lungs' in this case, he has to probe further to find the cause of the 'liquid in the lungs'.

As the youth was not found in the sea or river, drowning can be ruled out. Was water forced into his lungs? What about the bruises and lacerations found all over his body? Did the doctor comment on those injuries?

The Selangor police chief's statement actually raises more questions on the cause of death.

Milton Yap: It looks like there is something is so terribly wrong that the police are trying desperately to cover-up. Like they say, it must be that they must have something on their hands and it is stinking.

Why are they so afraid of the family of the deceased gaining access to his body? After all, it is only a corpse and a corpse cannot talk.

Why would the police not volunteer to have an independent party perform the autopsy?

If they have done nothing wrong, what is there to hide? If the police were not responsible for his demise, there is nothing to fear.

The police are supposed to protect the people. But who is to protect the people from the police?

We need a very good explanation from our IGP. I wonder what our PM and our home minister have to say about this.

Are were turning into a police state?

Rajakumar Thiyagarajan: Even if the victim had committed a crime certainly it does not merit his death.

It is not as if he had committed murder or dealt with drugs. If he had been sentenced by a court it would have been only jail term and a fine but to lose his life like this?

Our PDRM is now the judge, jury and and executioner. Until when are we going to tolerate this?

And to the government - stop preaching to the world about the atrocities in Palestine. Watch your own back yard first for we have an ‘Abu Ghraib’ here.