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Kugan was beaten, says second post-mortem (Updated 7.05pm)

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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 20:49

By Zedeck Siew (The Nut Graph)

PETALING JAYA: A second post-mortem conducted on A Kugan, who died while in police custody, shows that he was beaten so badly he died of kidney failure.

The new autopsy, which was conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre's pathologist Dr Prashant N Samberkar, concluded that "blunt trauma to skeletal muscles" caused a breakdown in muscle cells.

Such fragments then entered the kidneys through the bloodstream.

"Some of these, such as myoglobin, are harmful to the kidney and may lead to acute kidney failure," the report said.

The post-mortem identified 42 separate external injuries, including "multiple 'V'-shaped imprint burn wounds on the skin of the back" cause by a hot iron.

It found extensive hemorrhaging throughout the body, including the spleen, spine and head, as well as evidence of starvation.

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written by Concerned_Citizen, March 03, 2009 21:00:51

So what are they going to do with this now? Last time the dogtor said that he died of liquid that gone into his lung but now the autopsy state that he was killed by beasts in the form of human being wearing blue uniform.

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written by krising1, March 03, 2009 21:11:27

Kugan beat himself to death in the cell. No? His cell mate beat him up when the sentry was not looking. NO? How sad! The civil service cannot be trusted. The police cannot be trusted. The doctors cannot be trusted. What is this country coming to?

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written by lamakawan, March 03, 2009 21:11:45

The police and the hospital authorities must be independent of each other when performing their individual duties. They must not collaborate their activities during their performances. The police is the protector of unrest and crimes. The hospital is the saver of lives.
Imagine if Kugan had been your relative. how would you feel when you lost him because police said he had asthma? And now after another examination the autopsy revealed he was beaten to death? Mr. Policeman, please show some human feelings when you erroneously said he died of asthma? How did you possess such a heart to tell such a lie when someone's loved had died in police custody?

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written by sataysticks, March 03, 2009 21:18:38

The CPO of Selangor MUST resign.
Unless he:
a. has no shame what so ever
b. has never told the truth all his life
c. is an illitrate who can't read and write
d. is a cousin of Baldy syed Hamid

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written by picadilly, March 03, 2009 21:23:57

42 external Injuries , Multiple V shape hot iron rod Imprints on the body ,
rupture of the kidney, rupture of the spleen, hemmorage skin and head,
kidney failure and water in the lungs.

This baskets must be expert in torture,
what say you MIC and MCA? are you in cohots with UMNO in this??

Race issue or not, Hindraf has to arisen and awaken again!!!!!

ps: Good think we voted out 2/3 BN last march.

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written by smeagrooo, March 03, 2009 22:14:00

Latest :

Kugan was interrogated in the room and suddenly few policemen walked in and Kugan accidentally tripped and his head and body knocked onto their fists. They tried to help him but he stumbled and fell again and again and each time he knocked onto their fists. To wake himself up Kugan used the U-shape Hot iron on himself and later he filled his lungs with some liquid and decided to call it a day.

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written by SamBall, March 03, 2009 22:46:59

Kugan was murdered in his cell.

Anyone could see how badly he was beaten if they watch the video; don't need doctor to do autopsy and tell you that, but now it is confirmed.

Msians need to ask how did this come about; from beginning to end and it tells a sad story of Msia and its current state of society.

Who murdered him?
Who is the doctor who did the first autopsy and how can such a wrong first autopsy be made?
Who is behind the alleged Kugan car syndicate
How is responsible for this cover-up?
How bad is the state of the PDRM
Why come so many of a minority are so marginalized
How did Msian society reach such a debacle / state of affairs

It is indeed a sad indictment of Msian society and life in the current social / political system

It is sad when a person dies; even one who is an alleged thief especially so in the hands on the people who are supposed to protect society. I hope Kuganâ€™s parents will be consoled and something good will come out of this for all Msians; something tangible and positive; perhaps an independent commission of enquiry, lessons learnt.

I hope Kuganâ€™s death was not in vain.

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written by sammi, March 03, 2009 22:52:56

What caused him to deserved such an end to his life? Those beasts involved were indeed very cruel & tortured slowly to death....

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! smilies/angry.gif

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written by Frusmalaysian, March 03, 2009 22:55:01

The most honourable thing for the Home Affairs Minister, the Selangor CPO and the Selayang Hospital director to do is resign. How could they so unashamedly defend the criminal actions of their men, when the evidence of torture was evident? It would have appeased the public outcry had they admitted there were signs of torture and therefore would investigate further. Now they are being shamed (or are they?) and, if they are worth their high positions in their respective service, they must resign.In this case, we must acknowledge the AG's action in classifying as murder. Bravo.

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written by Come clean, March 03, 2009 23:01:40

Do you really need to conduct a second post mortem when bruises are found all over his body? It's just plain police brutality!

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written by OVERLORD, March 03, 2009 23:16:06

Inspecting Genital Professional must resign.....there are no 2 ways about it...He must take full responsibility of his subordinate actions....

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written by Malaysiaku, March 03, 2009 23:23:52

Why are you people calling for the murderers to resign???!!!! They should be charged for murder and hang! Imagine if it was your brother or father that has been handcuffed and murdered by the Police which they tried to cover up.

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written by MAGELLAN, March 04, 2009 00:28:55

Another case that will be classified as NFA (No Further Action) by the AG's office. PM Badawi will hail the AG for his quick work and remove PDRM of any fault. Hail Malaysia's FAILED DEMOCRACY!!!!

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written by hellboykl, March 04, 2009 00:33:06

I wonder why our Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister is not doing anything to tackle the misconduct of power by Police force??
Are we safe with this king of police force patrolling our neighborhood?
Looks like "Police is King" to me.

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written by hellboykl, March 04, 2009 00:39:35

Lawyer's out there please be general enough to sue the doctor who conducted the first postmortem who stated the 'cause of death is due to liquid in lungs'.

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written by raven1958, March 04, 2009 02:16:32

After Kugan...as in Kulim....every Indian suspect will be killed immediately by UMNO's police........these Indians better defend themselves....or get ready to be shot from top down in their toilets.....

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written by HJ Angus, March 04, 2009 09:07:09

Based on the manner in which the first autopsy was written, it is not just the cops who tortured Kugan to death who should be investigated but at least 2 or 3 levels higher in the police and medical departments as they abetted in the cover-up of a murder.
http://malaysiawatch4.********...aysia.html

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written by Rozlan, March 04, 2009 09:55:36

It was sickening to think about the police brutalities.Theya had gone out of control day by day..My condolences to Kugan family. smilies/cry.gif

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written by patlu, March 04, 2009 20:34:41

WATCH VIDEO: Post-mortem: Kugan 'starved and beaten' to death
An independent post-mortem report has revealed that deceased 22-year-old police detainee Kugan Ananthan had endured severe beatings and was also starved during his incarceration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIHHOUHpRyQ

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written by patlu, March 04, 2009 20:46:37