Saturday January 24, 2009
A-G asks police to classify case as murder
KUALA LUMPUR: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has asked police to classify the death of suspected car thief A. Kugan as murder for investigation purposes.
He said he had met Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar, who brought photographs of Kugan taken by both police as well as outsiders at the Serdang mortuary.
“After studying the photos and investigation papers, I suggested to the Deputy IGP to classify the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
“If investigations reveal that he died from being assaulted, then those responsible will be charged with murder.
“If there is no evidence to suggest foul play, then the matter must be laid to rest and also not be politicised,” he said.
Responding to the family’s request for a second post-mortem to be done, Abdul Gani said they could go ahead and do as they wished as police had already surrendered the body to the family. “However, it must be done in accordance with the law,” he added.
Ismail assured Kugan’s family and the public that police would not cover up any wrongdoing, adding that an independent team had been appointed to investigate the case.
Kugan, 22, who was held under a two-week remand for investigations into several luxury car theft cases, collapsed and died at the Taipan police station in USJ, Subang Jaya, on Tuesday.
Abdul Gani said he had told Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator T. Murugiah the same thing that he told Ismail, “nothing more and nothing less”.
At a press conference earlier, Murugiah said Abdul Ghani had told him in a phone conversation that police would investigate the murder thoroughly and that the culprits could be brought to court as early as next week.
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