The body of R Seetha who passed away yesterday was released at 3am this morning by Hospital Tunku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) and sent to her home in Gemencheh for the final rites.

seetha in hospital 15112009 The funeral rites were held this afternoon in Tangkak witnessed by her four children M Darshini 9, M Usha Rani 7, M Yugendran 5, M Navina 3.

Seetha, 33, unable to bear the grief of losing her brother R Surendran who was shot dead by police, took the weed killer, paraquat, and fed the poison to her four children last week.

The children, who are still being treated at the hospital, were given time off to attend their mother's funeral.

R Shankar, the brother of Seetha said that an uncle of hers, an MIC branch chairperson talked the family out of allowing her body to be taken to parliament to protest against the police action.

Human Rights Party (HRP) pro-tem secretary general, P Uthayakumar, described the shooting as 'summary executions' of Indian Malaysians suspected to be involved in criminal activities.

Uthayakumar, disappointed that the protest could not be held due to the latest turn of events, however, said: "Should there be another instance of police shooting dead suspects, we will act.

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"We would endeavour to march to Parliament as it is the only supreme body that can direct the police force to stop their shoot-to-kill policy."

He added that Seetha's husband, M. Manimaran, had earlier agreed to hold the march to Parliament with Seetha's coffin to protest the injustice of senseless killings.

The police had also arrested Manimaran over the poisoning of his wife and children, leading several quarters to claim that the authorities were attempting to pin the blame on him.

The 37-year-old lorry driver was however released after Seetha absolved him from blame in a letter from her hospital bed just before she breathed her last.

Seetha's brother Surendran was among five youths, aged between 17 and 24, killed in a hail of police bullets in Klang on Nov 9.