Policemen accused of threats, violent acts during interrogation

Wednesday August 13, 2008
Policemen accused of threats, violent acts during interrogation


IPOH: A primary schoolboy is claiming that police from the Kampar station had slapped him, choked him and scalded his leg to make him confess to a theft.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy chairman M. Sarasvathy, who took up his case, handed over a memorandum on the matter to the Perak police yesterday.

She said that last Wednesday, police picked up N. Logeswaran, 10, from his school for suspected theft, and slapped him on his face while two policemen tried to choke him.

“They even tried to melt some plastic on the boy’s private parts and it got his leg,” said Sarasvathy outside the Perak police contingent headquarters here.



“The police also took out a parang and a pistol to threaten the boy,” she said, adding that Logeswaran was also handcuffed and locked up in a dark room.

“He is now traumatised by the incident,” said Sarasvathy, adding that he suffered injuries on the back of his head, wrists and leg after the ordeal.

On Aug 5, Logeswaran was accused by his teacher of stealing her purse containing RM700, MyKad and other documents. But she could not find her belongings on Logeswaran and lodged a police report.

Logeswaran was picked up from his school at 12.30pm last Wednesday and was only released at 10.45pm the same day. His parents were not informed about the incident.

He was taken to the Kampar Hospital at 11pm after complaining of headaches and after he started vomiting, said Sarasvathy. He was transferred to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun at midnight for observation and was discharged on Monday.

Sungai Siput MP Dr D. Jeyakumar said the police should have followed proper guidelines in handling cases involving a child.

Perak police chief Datuk Deputy Comm Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, when contacted, said he had received the memorandum and that police were investigating the matter.