Four years ago today, 29-year-old S
Suria Ramesh reportedly died in the Kota Setar district police lock-up
two days after he had been arrested in Kulim.
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 S Suria Ramesh’s
death.
Every
death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated. S
Suria Ramesh’s death must not be relegated to a mere statistic.
Based
on the statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, 156
persons died in police custody between the year 2000 until February
2011.
We express our heartfelt condolences to S Suria Ramesh’s family and friends on this anniversary of his death.
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