Why are good, honest cops afraid to intervene or
report these custodial deaths and other crimes committed during
interrogations and in the police complex?
In the first five months of 2013, there were eight deaths in police custody (Suaram monitoring group).In January there were two cases – Chang Chin Te ( Subang Jaya) and C. Sugumaran (Hulu Langat). In February we had Mohd Ropi (Temerloh); in March there was a John Doe (Seri Alam, Johor) and M. Ragu, (Kampar).
In May we heard about N. Dharmendran (KL) and Jamesh Ramesh ( Penang) and in June we had P. Karunanithi (Tampin).
These deaths provoke many questions but one stands out; how is it possible that no one saw or heard anything?
The rogue policemen who tortured the detainees were not alone in the building. Other policemen were on duty and must have seen or heard something.
Why are they silent?
A few months ago, an Indonesian female worker was allegedly gang-raped by three policemen in a police station.Was the complex deserted? What other sordid activities take place in our police stations? Why are good, honest cops afraid to intervene or report these crimes?
We hear of the deaths in police custody only because a body has to be claimed by family members, from a morgue.
What about the men who are beaten senseless until an inch of their lives? What about the men who become unconscious from the torture but who are then revived and made to undergo the same ordeal, again?
Do policemen who witness crimes in their police station, have to turn a blind eye to their miscreant colleagues?
Were they threatened? Did the rogue policemen receive orders from the top and so no one dared challenge them?
Najib’s government only reacts
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