Polis nafi pukul Sugumaran, dakwa kematiannya kerana serangan jantung..
Polis menafikan dakwaan bahawa anggota mereka telah memukul hingga menyebabkan kematian seorang Pengawal Keselamatan yang ditemui mati dalam keadaan bergari pada malam semalam.
Penafian tersebut adalah berdasarkan daripada bedah siasat dijalankan yang dikawal kira-kira 20 orang termasuk empat anggota polis bersenjatakan M-16 sepertimana yang dinyatakan oleh seorang peguam PKR Latheefa Koya.
Menurut Ketua polis daerah Kajang ACP Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab Pengawal Keselamatan tersebut telah mati kerana serangan jantung….
Police deny beating man, say he died of heart attack
KAJANG, Jan 24 — The police have denied beating a security guard yesterday to death, pointing out that a post-mortem today revealed that he had died of a heart attack.
Three eyewitnesses alleged earlier today that four policemen had handcuffed and then assaulted 39-year-old C. Sugumaran together with a mob of more than 20 yesterday evening near the latter’s house at Batu 12, Hulu Langat.
“At about 6.30pm yesterday, the police station at Batu 14 Hulu Langat received a call from a Malay man saying that an Indian man was going amok and destroying public property,” Kajang OCPD ACP Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab told a press conference at the Kajang district police headquarters here tonight.
He added that three policemen in a patrol car and a motorbike tailed Sugumaran, who was on foot, for about two kilometres from Dusun Sri Nanding to Taman Lagenda Suria in Hulu Langat as the latter waved an iron rod, destroying flower vases near houses and electrical wires, until he fell down in the middle of the road.
“The police, assisted by members of the public, held and handcuffed the man as he was still acting aggressively and trying to struggle during arrest,” said Abdul Rashid, stressing that the crowd did not assault Sugumaran.
He added that a police officer then went to get a Land Rover to bring Sugumaran, described as a big-sized man, to the police station.
“But upon return, the Indian man was unconscious. The police then contacted the hospital and a medical officer came and pronounced him dead,” said Abdul Rashid.
The policeman stressed that a post-mortem done by pathologist Dr Mohd Azaini Ibrahim from Serdang Hospital today from 3.30pm to 8.30pm revealed that Sugumaran had died of a heart attack.
“No other injuries could have caused his death,” said Abdul Rashid.
He also said that the policemen did not throw turmeric powder in Sugumaran’s face as alleged by eyewitnesses earlier today.
Eyewitnesses had told reporters earlier today that the security guard was chased down yesterday by four policemen who subsequently handcuffed and beat him to death together with a mob of more than 20 people in Hulu Langat yesterday.
They said that after the policemen caught and handcuffed him, more than 20 other men from a nearby restaurant joined the policemen and proceeded to assault him.
“The police stepped on Sugumaran’s neck,” R. Moohanarajan told The Malaysian Insider at the Serdang Hospital here today.
“Twenty to thirty people wearing plain clothes beat him up. He was lying facedown with his hands handcuffed behind,” added Moohanarajan, who was Sugumaran’s neighbour.
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Pengarah Guaman KEADILAN, Latheefa Koya berkata, saksi melihat Sugumar Cheliah, 40 dikejar empat anggota polis menaiki dua kereta peronda sebelum kejadian pembunuhan kira-kira jam 6 petang, semalam.
Selepas diberhentikan, mangsa dibelasah sekumpulan individu berhampiran rumahnya di Taman Seri Nanding, Hulu Langat dalam keadaan tangan bergari dan ditekan dengan pengusung.“Mangsa yang bergari turut dipukul beramai-ramai oleh orang sekeliling tanpa halangan polis. Polis memijak tengkuk mangsa dan menyapu muka mangsa dengan serbuk kunyit,” katanya ketika dihubungi.
Difahamkan, Sugumar yang tiada rekod jenayah, turut dicampakkan ke bahu jalan dalam keadaan bogel, selepas kematiannya.
“Profesionalisme polis juga amat diragui kerana pasukan forensik hanya datang selepas jam 11 malam untuk mengambil mayat,” katanya.
Menurut Latheefa, mangsa dihantar ke Hospital Serdang untuk bedah siasat, namun keluarganya tidak dibenar masuk ke bilik mayat untuk membuat pengecaman selepas dimaklumkan lewat malam semalam.
“Keluarga mangsa datang awal pagi hari ini ke hospital namun selepas pukul 2 petang barulah keluarga mangsa dan peguam dibenarkan masuk,” ujarnya.
Sehubungan itu, beliau mendesak polis yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan itu ditangkap dan digantung tugas kerana insiden itu di bawah tanggungjawab polis.
“Saya desak polis segera menangkap dan mendakwa semua yang terbabit dalam pembunuhan ini. Insiden ini berlaku ditempat awam dan ramai saksi melihat kejadian itu,” ujarnya kepada Keadilan Daily.
Timbalan Pengerusi Biro Hak Asasi dan Guaman KEADILAN, S. Jayathas berkata kehilangan nyawa akibat kecuaian polis bukan isu baru kerana rekod menunjukkan banyak orang awam mati di tangan polis.
“Polis gagal bertindak waras dengan mengenepikan undang-undang ketika berhadapan suspek. Ini akibat kegagalan polis melaksanakan Suruhanjaya Bebas Terhadap Salah Laku dan Aduan Polis (IPCMC),” ujarnya.
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