WELL DONE GANI PATAIL Ghani Patail and Musa Hassan will go down well in history as the greatest crook of all time who make a joke out of the judiciary, the law and order and the human rights of Malaysia.
Many months ago A.Kugan was beaten to his death in police custody. Think about it. Bruises and marks showing he was beaten. He was in a police lock-up or station. There is no dispute about the fact that it was the police who were responsible. We waited for the results of the post-mortem report. We got it. We were not happy with it. We were not happy with it because our eyes didn’t lie to us. We know what we saw. To us it was murder. So we went to the funeral and brought the coffin back to UMMC. We wanted a second opinion.
Whilst all of this was happening, the police let out theories of how it is the first postmortem seemed to exculpate them. It wasn’t murder, according to them. Nobody was arrested. Until today, no one has been charged. Gani Patail is the Attorney General of Malaysia. He decides who is to be charged and for what. Well, that’s usually the case. If I remember correctly, he said one day that A.Kugan’s case should be classified as murder. This was during Pak Lah’s time.on rosmaaa order?it’s mindboggling!Public Prosecutor has deceptively merely manufacturing evidences against Anwar
Then we went to see a good person by the name of Dr Prashant in UMMC. We told him we wanted a second post-mortem done on A.Kugan. He agreed and we got on with it. His examination confirmed what we (all Malaysians, except those investigating) could already see and already knew. It was surely murder.
Then Gani Patail said he had a problem. Now there were two reports. He didn’t know what to do. So he commenced investigations on the reports. These investigations are still pending and those who brought Kugan to his death are still walking around freely.
I am impressed.
I now know that the best way to buy a few months or years of time for my clients who are accused of murder is to get a second post-mortem report. Once this is done, Gani Patail will have a problem and he will investigate the reports. In the meanwhile, the accused can go free. They can even leave the country if they want. No problem.
Some intelligent people have told me that the purpose of the investigation into Dr Prashant’s report is to see if it is correct. Of course, whilst investigations are pending, some high officers of the health ministry have already said his report is not quite right. Gani Patail is still waiting for the official results. The suspects, meanwhile can remain free. But the problem is really this. Whilst all this is happening, another body is found outside the office of the MACC. Again, a public outcry. Again a demand for justice. The police are investigating.
I was at the scene of the crime yesterday. I was told the police had their best team working on the case. The government also says this. Gani Patail also has this at the top of his mind. Justice. And then, guess what? I manage to see the team of forensic pathologists who are working on the case. And there is Dr Prashant. I am impressed. I say hello and of course, the usual hand shakes. I have faith in him.
Gobind: Where are Kugan's killers?
Malaysiakini
Four months on, no one from the USJ Taipan police station has been charged with the death of A Kugan while he was being detained.
DAP Puchong parliamentarian Gobind Singh Deo (right) said newly-appointed Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein must now make it a priority to bring those responsible to justice.
“There must be some explanation forthcoming or the speculation of a cover-up will only loom stronger among the (public),” he said in a statement today
“Here lies a sad case where even the strongest of protests has failed to move the authorities to recognise the public sentiment involved, and the need to move quickly to resolve the matter.
Questioning the delay, “double standards” and silence on the part of various authorities, he asked why “those who mercilessly assaulted Kugan are not subjected to the same treatment as other ordinary Malaysians who are implicated in cases of this nature”.
“A delay in prosecution will weaken the prosecution’s case as witnesses, like all humans, will face recollection problems,” he said.
“The defence of those charged will also face similar predicament. At the same time, the delays in bringing the perpetrators to book will have an almost irreparable impact upon the public.”
Gobind also challenged Hishammuddin (left) to an open debate over the matter.
“I am firmly of the view that the time has come for there to be openness by way of open dialogue over issues such as lack of action in certain cases, and also the lack of direction in some high- profile prosecutions in the criminal justice system,” he said.
Conflicting findings
There was public outcry when Malaysiakini first highlighted the death of Kugan, 23, on Jan 20 while in police custody on suspicion of involvement in a luxury car-theft syndicate.
Relatives identifying his body at the Serdang Hospital mortuary claimed they found several bruises and lesions on his torso and legs.
The police sought a post-mortem. Dr Abdul Karim Tajuddin of Serdang Hospital concluded that Kugan had died from “fluid accumulation” in his lungs.
Dissatisfied, Kugan’s family sent his body for a private post-mortem at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Pathologist Dr Prashant N Sambekar attributed the cause of death to acute renal failure from rhabdomyolysis.
Amidst public outrage over what was perceived to be an extreme case of torture by the police, attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail classified the case as murder.
On April 6, police seized the forensics samples from Prashant’s office, which prevented toxicology tests from being carried out in Australia as planned.
But hold on a second. Isn’t this the same man the prosecution is having a headache with in respect of Kugan’s case? Is it not the case that Gani Patail has issues with his report in that case and thus the inquiries etc?
So whats going on Gani Patail? Do you trust Dr Prashant or not? If you do why are you wasting time dragging the Kugan case and if you don’t, why is he on the case of Teoh Beng Hock? Mine is a simple conclusion. Gani Patail has faith in Dr Prashant. Well done, Gani Patail! So, how long more are A.Kugan’s parents to wait before any policeman is to be charged for causing their son’s death. Actually, since we are already talking about it, and we know Gani Patail has faith in Dr Prashant, why really is the Kugan case being delayed?
17 July 2009
GOBIND SINGH DEO
MP for Puchong
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