Sunday, June 2, 2013

Penang detainee's death due to liver failure

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
R.Jamesh Ramesh
40
  26th May2013
Death of a 40-year-old detainee in the Penang police contingent headquarters lock-up yesterday was due to liver failure. Jamesh Ramesh who was unemployed and had a criminal record for robbery was arrested in front of a community hall in Jalan Patani, here, on Saturday when he was found positive for morphine in a urine test.  Police  only realised that he was dead when they came to the lock-up at 10.30am yesterday to bring him to court for a remand order.

Karuna, custodial death victim in Tampin

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
P Karuna Nithi
42
1st July 2013
P Karuna Nithi died in police custody. The family was informed of his death in Tampin. Was informed by telephone at 9.45pm yesterday that he had "suddenly died" about 7pm at the Tampin district police headquarters. The family was not allowed to move the body but there was blood on the tray where the body was placed. Karuna was bleeding from the back of his head and there were bruises on his left and right arms. "The doctor said something may have happened to him in the lock-up but we are not sure what," he said. Karuna was on May 31 charged in the magistrate's court in Tampin with "causing hurt".

N Dharmendran deceased battered, ears stapled


Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
N Dharmendran
32
21st May 2013
Dharmendran, 31, was picked up by police on May 11 after he lodged a police report at the Pudu police station when he had been involved in a fight. He has been in remand since that day at the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters. "There were physical evidence of beatings and torture to the front of his thighs, and at the back of his body, there were beating marks on his back (severe to the point that) it had swelled up. "The ears are stapled and there are staples left intact, which could be (clearly) seen on the ears.

Businessman shot dead in car

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
S.Arumugam
48
3th April 2013
A businessman was gunned down in his car yesterday with several shots hitting the head and body.