Lawyer wants post-mortem to ascertain assault allegations in detainee's death

A school van driver who was placed in Sungai Buloh Prison for nine months pending a murder trial died at a hospital while being treated for a severe stomach problem yesterday, according to his family's lawyer M Manoharan.

When contacted by Malaysiakini today, Manoharan insisted a thorough post-mortem be conducted on 29-year-old Mohd Iqbal Abdullah...