Got this scary news from Malaysiakini...
Two PKR leaders want an independent commission to probe the death of Indian Malaysians while in police custody!! The duo claimed to have received 11 complaints over the last two years from families of Indian remand prisoners who have died in police lock-ups nationwide!!
"I am sure there are more unreported cases. We have not heard about remand prisoners of other ethnic groups dying in lock-ups, at least not that many. The community wants answers from the authorities,” said Arumugam.Kalaivanar, who said he has handled four complaints, claimed that police investigations have remained open-ended or classified as ‘suicide’.
Two of the cases were in Selangor, he said, involving a 32-year-old in Klang in 2004 and a 22-year-old in Bukit Beruntong in 2006."
'Until today police have not revealed their findings and reportedly told the families that the investigations are still on," he said.
The duo were speaking journalists today at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital mortuary in Sungai Petani, Kedah, where a second post-mortem examination was conducted by pathologist Dr Bhupinder Singh on a remand prisoner S Suria Ramesh, 29.
He had been arrested in Kulim last Thursday in connection with several alleged robbery cases, but died in the Kota Setar district police lock-up on Saturday.
His uncle S Ganesan, 45, believes his nephew, who leaves wife Vimala and a seven-year-old son, did not commit suicide.
Police usually investigate death in custody if the post-mortem report raises suspicion of foul play or if the next-of-kin obtain a court order.
1. What exactly does "open-ended" mean???
2. Is it not basic police procedure to remove everything that can be use as a suicide weapon from the prisoner first before putting him/her in a cell??
3.Then how come still got so many suicide case within police custody??
4. Does this reflect the police competency/ negligence or is there some conspiracy theory behind this??
5. Is it not the police responsibility to make sure the prisoner are safe while in their custody??
6. If this is true, then will the police take responsibility for the death and pay some kind of compensation or etc?!?
7. I wonder how many Malays also die while in police custody???
8. Does all this information scared the crap out of you??
9. Issit not the Police job to protect us and not scared the crap out of us?!?
10. Do you think (if it is indeed a policeman killed the prisoners) that the policeman will get purnished???
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