KUALA LUMPUR: The Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department (JIPS) has confirmed receiving a report on the death of a detainee at the Marang Police Station lock-up in Terengganu yesterday.
JIPS director Datuk Azri Ahmad said the department received the report at 3 pm.
He said the investigation was being handled by the JIPS’ Crime Investigation Unit on Death In Custody.
“The 38-year-old detainee was arrested under Section 379 of the Penal Code,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Azri said the detainee was remanded for three days from today by the Marang Magistrate’s Court in Terengganu.-Bernama