KUALA LUMPUR: The police confirm {that a} native man suffered from sudden death in custody on the Taiping District Police Headquarters (IPD) lock-up on Thursday (Jan 13) morning.
Bukit Aman Integrity and Standards Compliance Department (JIPS) director Datuk Azri Ahmad mentioned the 63-year-old inmate from Taiping Prison was being quickly positioned on the Taiping district police headquarters (IPD) lock-up for a court docket listening to.
“The accused had been positioned in the Taiping IPD lock-up after the primary point out of the case on Jan 11 whereas awaiting the following point out on Friday (Jan 14),” he mentioned in a press release Thursday.
Azri mentioned the man was charged on April 18 final yr below Section 379A of the Penal Code for stealing a motorcar and Section 324 for inflicting harm utilizing a weapon.
Commenting additional, he mentioned JIPS’ Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody could be probing the case. – Bernama
