'Double standards' condemned in Kugan case


Hindraf has slammed the concurrent three-year jail judgment handed to the military deputy found guilty of causing hurt to defunct military detainee A Kugan, decrying the light judgment as the box of stand in standards.

police tortured victim 110107 counsel P UthayakumarIts de facto leader as well as counsel P Uthayakumar(left)was responding to the outcome by the Shah Alam Sessions Court progressing today, which found military deputy V Navindranguiltyof two counts of causing hurt to Kugan who died whilst in military custody.

"If the member of the public had attempted to kill the policeman, he would be charged with murder, denied bail as well as sent to the gallows," he said, citing the example of the male charged withattempted murderof the military personnel following the motor accident.

"It is the single order for the usual man, as well as the single order for the police," he pronounced in the phone interview, addin! g which t he obtuse assign as well as light judgment would destroy to deter other military officers from acting in the same way.

Kugan, 23, died whilst in military control after allegedlybeing severely beaten upin the interrogation room of the Taipan military station in USJ-Subang Jaya at 7am upon Jan 16, 2009.

Uthayakumar additionally condemned the charges, saying the assign of 'causing hurt' was reduction than the assign of murder.

Even then, he said, Navindran got off easily as he was only ! condemne d to the total of 3 years of jail for the two counts, when Section 330 of the Penal Code lays out the limit of 7 years for each offence.

Tazlanhe fact which it was the military personnel who had inflicted such earthy harm upon Kugan(left)and within military custody, warrants the most heavier judgment as it was an "aggravating factor".

Uthayakumar additionally questioned because only Navindran had been charged when11 peoplewere placed upon desk duty following the incident.

"All these injuries could not have been inflicted by the single person," he said, describing the situation as the "most gruesome attempted attempted attempted murder ever available in Malaysia".

He speculated which only Navindran was charged as he is an Indian Malaysian, in an bid to equivocate the sense which the situation was the secular one.

'Justice not done'

N Surendran, the counsel for Kugan's family. additionally voiced disappointment with the outcome when contacted.

NONE"For the family, probity has not been done," he said.

Surendran, the vice-pr! esident in PKR, pronounced the celebration would hold the press conference tomorrow for Kugan's family to residence the matter.

"Only the single person was charged (and) for the obtuse offence. It beggars idea which no the single else helped (Navindran) or knew about it," he said, adding which the matter had been covered up from the beginning.

This was not only the box of attempted attempted attempted murder as ! it was p receded by agonizing torture, as well as so the most heavier judgment would be justified, he said.

He added which Kugan's mother N Indra's RM100 million civil suit has been fixed for conference upon Nov 2.
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