Two cops among those arrested over Taiping custodial death case

KUALA LUMPUR – Four suspects, including two police personnel, have been arrested following the death of a 63-year-old while he was in custody at the Taiping police headquarters lock-up yesterday. 

Bukit Aman Integrity and Standards Compliance Department director Datuk Azri Ahmad said two other inmates were also detained to assist the investigation. 

The arrests were made after Bukit Aman initiated a probe into the sudden death of a local man yesterday morning. 

“All of them have been remanded by the Taiping magistrate’s court for seven days beginning today until January 20,” he said in a statement yesterday. 

Yesterday, Azri confirmed that an inmate from Taiping Prison, who was temporarily placed in the district police lock-up for a court hearing, died in custody. 

The accused had attended the first mention of his case on January 11 and was initially scheduled for his next mention tomorrow. 

He was charged on April 18 last year under Section 379A of the Penal Code for stealing a motor vehicle and Section 324 for causing injury using a weapon.

Investigation is being conducted by Bukit Aman’s Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody. – The Vibes, January 14, 2022