L. Yoges Rao died in police custody. December 2003

Name	Age	Date	Circumstance of death
L. Yoges Rao,	22	December, 2003	L. Yoges Rao, 22 years old, died in December 2003 in Sitawan police station, Perak. Following arrest  on drug-related charges he was brought to his home where, ccording to his sister, she saw him beingpunched in his stomach by police.  He was then taken into a locked room from where his sister said she  heard sounds of assaults and cries of pain. About half an hour later he was brought out, vomiting blood. He died the next day. Despite evidence of abuse on Yoges’ body, the burial permit said he had died of a stomach ulcer. On receipt of complaints, suhakam initiated an investigation.  Responses from the Perak  deputy head of police included that the deceased vomited in the police station (narcotics office) and was sent to Seri Manjung hospital for treatment. The doctor who treated him was subsequently in charge of the post mortem and certified cause of death as “peritonitis with duodenal ulcer.” .