The police apparently cannot be held accountable for anything they do in this country, either for the bribes we all give them daily or for the outright murder of citizens that they commit with impunity. They are a law unto themselves.

This is the way it works in our country now. There is no justice whatsoever for the weak and defenceless. The weak and defenceless are being preyed upon daily by these salaried thugs.

My heart bleeds when I think of the outright abuses being committed now.

There were 21 police personnel involved in the death of A Kugan one way or another. Finally however, only one corporal is charged. The police force is mainly Malay in its composition, but the only policeman charged is an Indian Malaysian policeman. I do not understand what they are trying to project or imply.

Then the attorney-general himself says the charge against this corporal is of causing grievous hurt, and not an attempt to murder. This despite the damning evidence. Let me quote:

‘There is no evidence that the deceased suffered instant death. Instead, the deceased died four days after the alleged beating. Therefore, there was a wide gap in between and a charge of murder could not be preferred against the suspect.’

Here we have Kugan who is killed while under police custody. Beaten unmercifully. He died of a viral infection of the heart.

At least, that is what we are told to believe by the senior-most caretaker of the law in our country. What is happening in our country, my inside cries.

Yet those poor chaps at Batu Caves who, on Nov 25, 2007, were involved in an incident where one policeman was hurt, all were charged immediately. All of this with impunity.

This is the ‘justice’ of this country. I cannot write anymore as I am overcome now with the emotions over the feeling of my helplessness in the light of such ruthless and gross travesties of justice.

There is no justice whatsoever for the weak and the defenceless.