Kugan was beaten, says second post-mortem (Updated 7.05pm)
By Zedeck Siew (The Nut Graph)
PETALING JAYA: A second post-mortem conducted on A Kugan, who died while in police custody, shows that he was beaten so badly he died of kidney failure.
The new autopsy, which was conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre's pathologist Dr Prashant N Samberkar, concluded that "blunt trauma to skeletal muscles" caused a breakdown in muscle cells.
Such fragments then entered the kidneys through the bloodstream.
"Some of these, such as myoglobin, are harmful to the kidney and may lead to acute kidney failure," the report said.
The post-mortem identified 42 separate external injuries, including "multiple 'V'-shaped imprint burn wounds on the skin of the back" cause by a hot iron.
It found extensive hemorrhaging throughout the body, including the spleen, spine and head, as well as evidence of starvation.
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