Monday, November 24, 2014

Son dies in custody, dad 'threatened with gun'

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
Syed Mohd Azlan
25
4thNovember 2014
A 25-year-old unemployed youth has died in police custody, Was arrested on 3rd November 2014. On 4th November
the father was later called to give a statement at the Sungai Rengit police station at 6am. "Police slapped (tepuk) me on the chest and on the back, then they slammed a pistol in front of me, slammed handcuffs, to frighten me into confessing.
What transpired next is unclear, but Syed Mohd Azlan was brought to the Kota Tinggi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7.30am.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Penang's seventh death in custody in 2014

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
Agin Raj Sunmarkkan Naidu
29
7th June 2014
Suspected drug addiction in the Prai Industrial area where he worked. He was remanded for four days in the Bandar Perda police lock-up before he was admitted to the hospital on June 5, for suffering fits.
Regina(sister)  said when she and their mother, Sivapakiam Palchamy, 47, visited her brother in the hospital on June 5, he was writhing in pain, screaming to be released from being handcuffed and did not seem to recognise his family.
She noticed bruises around his lips, wrists and legs.
She claimed that when they asked the doctor on duty about it, he arrogantly told her, "when alcoholics don't get their fix, they normally go into fits".

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

List of suspect die in police lockup for 2014


Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Police detainee dies with severe bruises in Penang

Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
Murugan Muniandy
37
13th April 2014
Severe sepsis secondary to pneumonia. Showed that he had visible bruises on his chest, right arm, shoulder, thigh and ribs.So far this year, Penang has seen four other deaths in police custody  - A Punniyatham, 40, on Feb 10 at the Nibong Tebal police station lock-up, Ramasamy Nagu, 50, on March 1 at the Bayan Baru police station lock-up,  Kamarulnizam Ismail, 39, who died in Taiping Prison on March 8 after being detained at the Bandar Perda police lock-up, and Koay Soon Cguan, 41, who died at the Penang Prison on April 6                            

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Family wants answers over death in prison


Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
N Harirajan
34
10th April 2014
Was found dead in Kajang Prison.  Harirajan's body raised suspicion for his family when they saw his body at Kajang Hospital.. When the family saw the body, they were shocked to see bruises at the chest, head, stitches above the right eye and both ears (were) bleeding,".