KUALA LUMPUR – Bukit Aman has confirmed another custodial death, this time in the Pengkalan Chepa police station in Kota Baru, Kelantan.
The victim is a 37-year-old Malay man who was arrested under Section 12(2) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
In a statement issued by Bukit Aman Integrity and Standards Compliance Department director Datuk Azri Ahmad, the detainee who died yesterday at 4.35pm was under a four-day remand from yesterday to Wednesday.
The remand order was issued by the court in Kota Baru.
Azri said an investigation into the death will be conducted by the department's Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody.
Last week, police confirmed that a local man suffered from sudden death in custody at the Taiping police headquarters lock-up on January 13 morning.
Azri had said the 63-year-old inmate from Taiping Prison was being temporarily placed at the lock-up for a court hearing.
He added that the man was charged on April 18 last year under Section 379A of the Penal Code for stealing a motor vehicle and Section 324 for causing injury using a weapon. – The Vibes, January 17, 2022
