That’s why the family of ‘death in police custody’ A. Kugan, having already brought his remains to the burial grounds in Puchong yesterday, decided at the 11th hour not to bury him just yet.
They elected to have a second post-mortem performed to ascertain the cause of death.
I’m told that they were unhappy with the statement by the Selangor CPO yesterday that the cause of death was due to water in the lungs, particularly given that, to-date, the family has not been made privy to the post-mortem report.
Jayanath, Visu and I joined the funeral procession midway but owing to constraints of time, were unable to accompany the cortege all the way to the cemetary.
After we had left, at about 5.15pm, I got a call to say that FRU personnel had blocked the passage of the procession and were demanding that banners being carried be removed.
Those in the procession, I am told, refused to hand over the banners and refused to be impeded. The FRU relented, but accompanied the procession on foot.
At 6pm, I got a second call to say that the family had decided to defer the burial and that the body would be taken to UH for a second post-mortem.
At 3pm today, a memorandum is due to be submitted to the IGP at Bukit Aman to call for a full-scale investigation into the latest ‘death in police custody’ case and the numerous others, as well as to protest the statement by the Selangor CPO insinuating that the very visible bodily injuries suffered by the deceased may have been inflicted after his death and by those who lay siege of the Serdang Hospital mortuary for some three hours where his body was being kept whilst awaiting the first post-mortem. The mother of the deceased and a few others are expected to make speeches. Attend if you can to lend support to the family of the deceased.
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