Mohan ignorant and a liar, says PKR

MIC Youth chief T Mohan was also lying when he said the party had paid for A Kugan's autopsy, said PKR vice-president N Surendran.

PETALING JAYA: MIC Youth chief T Mohan is not only a liar but also an ignorant man, PKR vice-president N Surendran said today.

He was responding to Mohan’s accusation yesterday, saying Surendran had deliberately delayed a second post-mortem on deceased security guard C Sugumar’s body.

Mohan also said that Form 61 was not needed to conduct a second autopsy and that Thai pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunand was not banned from conducting the post-mortem on Sugumar’s remains.

Surendran said today that Form 61 was no longer an issue but Porntip’s absence was.

“We don’t need Form 61 as the Health Ministry has given the green light for the second autopsy. All we need now is for Pornthip to do the job,” said Surendran.

On Feb 14, Pornthip refused to conduct the second post-mortem on Sugumar, citing personal reasons, but PKR had accused Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak of having a hand in it.

Najib has since denied the allegation.

Surendran also rejected MIC’s offer to pay for the second autopsy, saying PKR would foot the bill for it.

“For Mohan to say that we can get any private pathologist to conduct the second autopsy shows he has no clue on how things work.

“Private pathologists in Malaysia are not allowed to conduct autopsies. Only government pathologists are allowed to do so. You can check with the hospitals,” he said.

That is why, Surendran said, Sugumar’s family wanted Pornthip to conduct the second autopsy as the latter works for the Ministry of Justice, Thailand.

He added that even the Health Ministry had agreed to facilitate Pornthip’s registration with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) so that she could conduct the autopsy on Sugumar’s remains.

On why he could not get other foreign government-linked pathologist, Surendran said: “True, we can but what is the guarantee that the government would not ban the new pathologist?”

The lawyer-politician also ticked off Mohan for saying that MIC had paid for A Kugan’s second autopsy in 2009.

“It’s utter rubbish. Gobind Singh Deo [Puchong MP] paid for it,” he said.

Surendran later accused MIC of collaborating with the government to cover up the real cause of Sugumar’s death.

“That’s what MIC has been doing for years. Whenever Indians get killed in prison, it will just go to their families and ask them not to pursue the matter,” he alleged.

Sugumar’s family is scheduled to hand in a letter to Najib at the Prime Minister’s Office tomorrow morning, to request for Pornthip to be allowed to conduct the second autopsy.