Death In Custody Malaysia

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Death in custody malaysia. The statistics from the home minister yb datuk dr ahmad zahid hamidi indicates that 231 custodial death cases were recorded between the year 2000 and may 2013 with only two cases caused by the police. Kuala lumpur sept 14 human rights group eliminating deaths and abuse in custody together edict has urged the attorney general s chambers today to hold an inquest after yet another death in custody yesterday in bentong pahang. Deaths in police custody in malaysia are a major problem human rights watch said. Edict claims death in custody at pengkalan chepa prison more an inmate at pengkalan chepa prison had died in custody on sept 1 allegedly due to injuries sustained while in detention according to human rights ngo eliminating death and abuse in custody together edict.

According to the latest statistics from polis diraja malaysia pdrm from the year 2000 until august 2013 a total of 233 died in police custody. This interactive feature was based on the real life case of azlan syed mohamed nur who died on nov 3 2014. Cultural reasons however suhakam commissioner jerald said there is also another factor why malay custodial death victims are disproportionately more likely to have their cases go unreported in the media. Ap family members viewed long secret body camera video this week of a black man who died in louisiana state police custody their attorney calling it damning footage that shows troopers choking and beating the man repeatedly jolting him with stun guns and dragging him face down across the pavement.

Ngo eliminating deaths and abuse in custody together edict today urged newly appointed attorney general ag idrus harun to address what it said were several shortcomings related. The bloodstained carpet you kept was later produced in court as evidence for your housemate s death in custody. Demands for police accountability are hampered by weaknesses in government pathologists post mortem. Dobby chew from malaysian human rights advocacy group suaram said that a culture of non liability persists among the country s.

There were 143 deaths in police custody between 2008 and 2018.