Death In Custody Malaysiakini
Johor police chief ayob khan mydin pitchay told malaysiakini that the deceased.
Death in custody malaysiakini. Stereotypically indian malaysians are often portrayed as the most vulnerable to death whilst in police detention. When the judiciary fails to provide justice where do we go. You also learnt that you can ask police for id and to lodge a report if you witness police misconduct. This interactive feature was based on the real life case of azlan syed mohamed nur who died on nov 3 2014.
These deaths in custody according to ethnicity were as follows. 28 malays 14 chinese 31 indians five others and 12 foreigners. Thevarajan r right to justice desk suaram december 20 2013. Death in police custody 147 deaths in police lock ups in 2000 2009 period 231 cases of death in custody from 2000 until may 2013 97 malays 49 chinese 51 indians.
79 487 whipped in malaysia 2005 2011 1 654 deaths in custody cases since 2010 until february2017. The bloodstained carpet you kept was later produced in court as evidence for your housemate s death in custody. Marry mariay susay above the wife of n dharmendran who died in police custody in 2013 has been awarded rm490 200 in damages and costs by the kuala lumpur high court marry s lawyer n surendran said the kuala lumpur high court had found both the police and the government liable for dharmendran s death. Deaths in custody the hurt lock up.
Johor police have confirmed another case of death in police custody after the matter was highlighted by the human. According to the malaysian news website malaysiakini the main cause of death was disease and illness like tuberculosis and hiv related complications. On 19 december 2013 the high court was packed to hear the decision on the civil suit filed by madam ganga gouri sister of death in custody victim gunasegaran against 12 defendants including the royal malaysian police and government of malaysia. Lawyers for liberty lfl has urged the attorney general tommy thomas to withdraw the prosecution s appeal to overturn the coroner s verdict that police detainee p karuna nithi s death in 2013 was.
An analysis by malaysiakini based on data collected by human rights group suara rakyat malaysia suaram shows that the majority of deaths in police custody reported in the media and to suaram feature indians. A tragedy act ii scene iv saturday june 16 2012 malaysiakini.