1) A 23-year-old car theft suspect died while in police custody after collapsing during questioning.
2) The man, who was being held on remand, asked for water during questioning and was given some but then vomited and collapsed. A doctor at the scene declared him dead.
3) The local MP expressed regret over the incident and called for the federal police to investigate if there was any foul play in the man's death, noting he had breathing difficulties before dying.
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1) A 23-year-old car theft suspect died while in police custody after collapsing during questioning.
2) The man, who was being held on remand, asked for water during questioning and was given some but then vomited and collapsed. A doctor at the scene declared him dead.
3) The local MP expressed regret over the incident and called for the federal police to investigate if there was any foul play in the man's death, noting he had breathing difficulties before dying.
1) A 23-year-old car theft suspect died while in police custody after collapsing during questioning.
2) The man, who was being held on remand, asked for water during questioning and was given some but then vomited and collapsed. A doctor at the scene declared him dead.
3) The local MP expressed regret over the incident and called for the federal police to investigate if there was any foul play in the man's death, noting he had breathing difficulties before dying.
Cooperate or allocations by Charles Ramendran newsdesk@thesundaily.com
PETALING JAYA : A car theft suspect who was
He said police had learnt from the suspect’s family that he was asthmatic. Police have sent the man’s body to the Ser- dang Hospital for a post mortem to determine
will be withheld: Khalid
arrested with two others about a week ago col- the cause of death. lapsed and died in police custody yesterday. “We will wait for the outcome of the post The 23-year-old man, identified as Kugan mortem and decide our next course of action.” Ananthan and held under remand at the Puchong he said. police lock-up, was brought to the Taipan police Meanwhile, Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam, who station at USJ, Subang Jaya about 11am for went to the mortuary last night, expressed regret questioning. over the incident and urged federal police to step by Tan Yi Liang proved. to give financial support”. Selangor police chief DCP Datuk Khalid Abu in to probe if there was any foul play involved in newsdesk@thesundaily.com “Say it’s a sensible project, He said the state would Bakar said the suspect had asked for water the death. like organising a futsal competi- contribute funds for non-Muslim during questioning and was given some by “I discovered that the deceased had breath- SHAH ALAM: The RM400,000 tion for youth, and we find it is workers if necessary to balance investigators. ing difficulties prior to his death. How is it that the allocation for assemblymen reasonable, we will approve it. the contributions given to Mus- He said soon after, the man vomited and col- police did not rush him to a hospital on seeing can be withheld if they do not Or, we could ask with whom it lim workers. lapsed. He said police brought in a doctor from a this? This is most disappointing especially when cooperate with local municipal is organised, and if it is being He also said the factories nearby clinic to treat the suspect. it is happening just weeks after an earlier incident councillors, says Selangor Mentri organised with municipal coun- have given assurances that However, Khalid said the doctor found the where a detainee was splashed with hot water at Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. cillors, we will give the grant. they will try to maintain their man was already dead. the Brickfields police station,” he said. Khalid, who spoke to the me- “We will guide them (to work workforce. dia after closing a forum between with local council), and if not, When asked about a replace- Selangor municipal councillors and the state government, said they won’t get the grant. This is their incentive for it,” he said. ment for Kapar MP S. Man- ikavasagam, who left Keadilan Ex-cop loses bid to challenge demotion this was the only disciplinary When asked about the con- on Jan 1, Khalid said the meeting move the state government flict between Port Klang assem- to appoint a replacement will be PUTRAJAYA: A retired police officer will only one Jaw Lak Chai to release Jaw’s wife, who was could take to motivate coopera- blyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah held at the end of the month. receive the pension of an inspector after losing arrested on suspicion of being involved in illegal tion between assemblymen and and local municipal councillors, He mentioned Subang Jaya in his bid to challenge the Police Force Com- gambling. local councils. Khalid said the dispute was a MP R. Sivarasa or Andalas as- mission’s decision that demoted him for failing Ganeswaran joined the force as a probationary We cannot sack assembly- “personality issue” between semblyman Dr Xavier Jayakumar to take action against another police officer for inspector in 1967 and served for 25 years before men, but we have the right to Badrul and the councillors. as examples of possible replace- taking a bribe. leaving the service in 1995 on optional retirement. block (their allocations). If they “He was ‘missing in action’ ments for Manikavasagam. The three-member panel of the Federal Court He now works as a second-hand car dealer. want the approval for the alloca- because he felt the councillors The closed-door forum was led by Justice Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Ab Rahman The commission did not accept Ganeswaran’s tion, they can get the approval did not show him respect. He held to foster dialogues be- unanimously denied T. Ganeswaran leave to ap- representation that, among others, gave the rea- from the Mentri Besar’s Office, expected them to come to tween the state administration peal to the Federal Court over the said decision. son that he had reported the matter to the Anti- and the mentri besar can deter- him, and not him having to go and municipal councils. Among Nik Hashim, who sat with Justices Datuk Hash- Corruption Agency (ACA) which subsequently mine what is given,” he said. to them. So it is a personality those who presented papers im Yusoff and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, took action against Azman. Explaining that the state gives issue,” he said. were chairman of the Coalition ruled that Ganeswaran’s case was not fit and Ganeswaran, a former prosecuting officer an allocation of RM400,000 to On the potential layoff of fac- for Good Governance Maria Chin proper for the court to grant leave under Section in Kuala Lumpur, initiated legal proceedings at each assemblyman, Khalid said tory workers in Selangor, Khalid Abdullah, theSun special inves- 96 (b) of the Courts of Judicature Act. the Kuala Lumpur High Court in 1995 against the for every request made, the as- said, “We have regular meetings tigative editor R. Nadeswaran Ganeswaran’s rank of assistant superintend- commission and the government of Malaysia semblymen must send a claim, with companies and in fact, and Petaling Jaya City Councillor ant of police (ASP) was reduced to inspector seeking a declaration that his demotion was which would be checked before there has been an announce- Derek Fernandez. when he was found guilty by the commission on unlawful. he certified it. ment by Lembaga Zakat that in Sept 11, 1992 for allegedly being irresponsible for On July 31, 1996, the High Court dismissed He said claims for ”reason- case there are problems with » Closeted minds need failure to take action against Insp Mohd Azman Ganeswaran’s claim. Ganeswaran also failed in able” projects would be ap- Muslim workers, they are willing heavy-duty cleansers – P14 Abd Manap for receiving RM2,000 bribe from his appeal at the Court of Appeal. – Bernama
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