
Task force chairman P Ramasamy says it’s time for an independent inquiry into the police force after a father of four dies in lock-up at Bukit Mertajam police station. Pic from FMT News.
GEORGE TOWN: A Penang task force on custodial deaths has asked for an inquest into the death of a drug abuse suspect at the Bukit Mertajam police station.
Task force chairman P Ramasamy said the latest death in police custody involved 39-year-old lorry driver Mohd Izham Abdul Rahman, who died on Apr 27.
According to Ramasamy, Izham was arrested on Apr 25 and sent to the intensive care ward at Bukit Mertajam Hospital. He died the next day due to breathing difficulties (sesak nafas).
“There seems to be no abating in such cases of death in police custody. To date, this brings the total who died in custody in the country (this year) to five people,” Ramasamy told reporters on the sidelines of the state assembly today. Read more