KOTA BARU: The Kelantan police have confirmed that a man with disabilities died in the Pengkalan Chepa police station lockup at 7.40 am yesterday.
Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the man was confirmed dead by a Pengkalan Chepa health clinic medical assistant.
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“At 9.14 am, Dec 27, he was taken to the Kota Bharu Court for remand application and was remanded for four days from Dec 27 till today,” he said in a statement yesterday.
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He added that the case is being investigated by the Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody and classified as sudden death.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});“Further investigation is being continued until we receive the post mortem report. The public is advised not to speculate on this case while investigations are ongoing,” he said.