Death In Custody Malaysia
Overall there were 257 deaths in police.
Death in custody malaysia. Ganeshwaran while in police custody is shocking and deeply concerning. However the same analysis has found that there is massive underreporting of deaths in police custody in the media particularly those involving malays. The federal court has held that relatives of victims who died in custody must file their suits against the government within 36 months of the incident. Here is the latest death in custody.
1 write letters to the authorities expressing your concern about the high number of deaths and torture in police custody in malaysia and urging them to. Work towards amending the 14 days remand period under section 117 of the criminal procedure code cpc and reduce it to a seven 7 day maximum time frame. Suara rakyat malaysia suaram is concerned with the death of nik muhammad baihaqy nik mat and muhammad lailatuliman mohd syukri who died in naval detention centre in sungai wangi sitiawan perak. Ramasamy blasted datuk seri ahmad zahid hamidi and tan sri khalid abu bakar following the latest death in custody.
N harirajan was found dead in kajang prison. Deputy chief minister ii dr p. The death of the two individuals represent the 10 th and 11 th known case of death in custody in malaysia for the year 2017. Quoting the police the online paper said that despite showing no signs of discomfort ganeshwaran gunasigeren was transported to hospital tengku ampuan rahimah and died along the way.
This was in response to batu kawan mp kasthuri who had asked the home ministry to provide details on the number of deaths in custody since the 2000s in relation to the latest custodial death of s. Murugan 37 died at the seberang jaya hospital on saturday while in police custody. I read the news report on malay mail online about the recent death in police custody. 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.
Amnesty international is alarmed by the continued increase in statistics surrounding deaths in custody in malaysia over the years and the lack of accountability for numerous cases of death in custody as well as ill treatment of detainees. There have been 19 deaths reported in 2013 alone and 4 deaths in first two months of 2014. The death of 29 year old detainee in police custody g.