Over six years ago today, M Ayadurai
was found dead at the Sungai Buloh prison. The post-mortem report
revealed he had died of injuries inflicted on his chest.
According
to a news report, his wife, M Mageswary, received a telephone call on
28 Nov 2005 informing that her husband had passed away due to multiple
injuries to the head and body after being assaulted by his cellmates.
Police reports were lodged at the Brickfields district police station
and Sungai Joram police station.
Despite
the requirement that all custodial deaths be investigated by inquiries
conducted pursuant to Chapter XXXII of the Criminal Procedure Code, it
does not appear that an inquest has been conducted into M Ayadurai’s
death.
Every
death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated. M
Ayadurai’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 from the year 2000 until February 2011.
We express our heartfelt condolences to M Ayadurai’s family and friends on this anniversary of his death.
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