Eldest son Mohd Nasrul Baharuddin said he was told on Saturday the report would be ready in “four to five days” but was informed by Kuala Lumpur Hospital today that the document will only be issued in four to five weeks.
“What’s happening? The body’s been buried so what are they waiting for?” the 22-year-old told The Malaysian Insider.
“I hope the doctor will release the results because... I’d like to know why my father died.”
Baharuddin, 56, died at Kuala Lumpur Hospital on Saturday evening after collapsing near KLCC during the Bersih rally while running away from police tear gas and water cannon bombardment.
He was laid to rest at 12.55pm the next day at Lembah Keramat Muslim Burial Ground here, just three kilometres from his home.
Baharuddin leaves behind his wife, Setiawangsa PKR division chief Rosni Malan, his daughter, Dr Hamizar Baharuddin, 24, and sons Mohd Nasrul Baharuddin, 22, and Hadriyudin Baharuddin, 19.
His brother, Kassim Ahmad, 72, has blamed Baharuddin’s death on a “deliberate act of cruelty” by the police who allegedly withheld critical medical aid for 90 minutes.
“[They] asked the police to help send him to hospital but they refused, so we waited for one-and-a-half hours before the van came,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
“A lot of people tried to revive him ... Had he been given oxygen, he would be alive today.”
It is understood that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is looking into possible legal action against the police for Baharuddin’s death and other alleged brutalities during Saturday rally for free and fair elections.
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