COMMENT | When will deaths in custody end?

COMMENT | The Malaysian Bar is deeply dismayed by the unabated spate of deaths in custody in recent months.  According to reports, there have already been seven deaths in custody in the first two months of 2022 that have occurred all over the country - in Kuantan, Klang, Penang, Terengganu, Kota Bharu, Taiping, and Kuala Kangsar.

In the case of Kumar Selvadurai - who according to reports, was arrested by the police in Penang and died in custody - his family claimed that they were not informed of his death by the police for nearly two months, and the police had eluded questions from the family when they tried to locate Kumar.

If such allegations are indeed true...