Police will
investigate the claim that personnel from the Cheras district police
headquarters had
demanded RM300 from the wife of P Chandran
prior to his death in their custody, Cheras OCPD Mohan Singh said today.
"We are investigating the matter to verify if the claim is
true, and we invite the family to come forward to help identify those they
allege made the demand," Mohan said when contacted.
Of the three police
reports lodged on Chandran's death and the circumstances surrounding it, he
said, only one was lodged in the Cheras police district, at the Pudu police
station.
The other two, lodged by the deceased's brother P Gunalan, were
made in Simpang Renggam, Johor, and were about incidents that took place under
the jurisdiction of the Dang Wangi police district.
"The Kuala Lumpur
police will be investigating all claims," Mohan said when asked about the
extortion claim stated in a police report lodged by Chandran's brother-in-law, R
Rajan Naidu.
In his report, Rajan said Chandran's widow N Selvi told him
that police personnel had asked her for RM300 when she sought information on
Chandran, when he was still alive.
Police raised
money for familyThe other two reports were lodged by Gunalan
claim that police negligence led to Chandran's death. Police claimed that
Chandran died from heart disease and classified it as "sudden death".
The
family insists that he was suffering from hypertension, and that police did not
allow Selvi to see him and pass his medication to him, resulting in his death on
Sept 10.
While the extortion claim will be investigated, Mohan said, he
pointed out that Gunalan in one of his police reports acknowleged that police
assisted the family in sending Chandran's remains to Simpang Renggam.
"They said they wanted to take the body home on the same day, so we
arranged for everything. We even raised RM200 among us to help them as they said
they had no money.
"It was a humanitarian act and I don't think there is
anything wrong with that," Mohan added.
The family yesterday sent a
memorandum to federal police chief Ismail Omar asking for Chandran's death to be
investigated.
The have also engaged a lawyer to file a negligence suit
against the police and government.
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