Five years ago last week, Saiful Azmi
b Mohammad reportedly died at Ampang Hospital after he had been
arrested on 31 August and was then admitted to the Hospital in a coma
later that same day.
Despite
the requirement that all custodial deaths be investigated by inquiries
conducted pursuant to Chapter XXXII of the Criminal Procedure Code, it
is not clear that an inquest has been conducted into Saiful Azmi b
Mohammad’s death.
Every
death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated.
Saiful Azmi b Mohammad’s death must not be relegated to a mere
statistic.
Based
on statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, 156 persons
died in police custody between 2000 and February 2011.
We express our heartfelt condolences to Saiful Azmi b Mohammad’s family and friends on this anniversary of his death.
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