PKR has threatened to launch a major protest at the Bukit Aman national police headquarters for failing to take action against those responsible for detainee N Dharmendran's death.
Stating that this was the worst death in custody case that he has dealt with in his 15 years of handling human rights matters, PKR vice president N Surendran (right) said a civilian would have been arrested immediately for much lesser crimes.
And yet, he said no action has been taken against those involved in Dharmendran’s murder so far, who died at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters lockup on May 21.
“The pathologist has already confirmed that Dharmendran was murdered in police custody. Why are there no police officers arrested to date?
“In this case the murderer’s identity is already known. The police only need to find all the police officers who questioned and tortured Dharmendran,” he said today.
Stating that this was the worst death in custody case that he has dealt with in his 15 years of handling human rights matters, PKR vice president N Surendran (right) said a civilian would have been arrested immediately for much lesser crimes.And yet, he said no action has been taken against those involved in Dharmendran’s murder so far, who died at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters lockup on May 21.
“The pathologist has already confirmed that Dharmendran was murdered in police custody. Why are there no police officers arrested to date?
“In this case the murderer’s identity is already known. The police only need to find all the police officers who questioned and tortured Dharmendran,” he said today.
He called for the immediate arrest of the police officers involved, and for the attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail to press murder charges against them.
24 hour ultimatum
When asked, he said he will see if the police would take action in the next 24 hours before deciding whether to go ahead with the protest.
Surendran, who is also a lawyer, was speaking to reporters after accompanying Dharmendran’s widow Mary Mariay Susay and about 20 family members to lodge a fresh police report over the death at the Dang Wangi police district headquarters.
In this second police report, she cited the pathologist’s finding that her husband was murdered and complained that she was not kept informed of the developments in the case.
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When asked, he said he will see if the police would take action in the next 24 hours before deciding whether to go ahead with the protest.
Surendran, who is also a lawyer, was speaking to reporters after accompanying Dharmendran’s widow Mary Mariay Susay and about 20 family members to lodge a fresh police report over the death at the Dang Wangi police district headquarters.
In this second police report, she cited the pathologist’s finding that her husband was murdered and complained that she was not kept informed of the developments in the case.
[More to follow]
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