Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has urged Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar to direct that the death of police custody victim Noorizwan Zulkefly be investigated as murder.

In a statement today, LFL director Rania Aljunied and lawyer Dina Zamri, who represent Noorizwan’s family, also demanded a special team from Bukit Aman to take over the probe.

They said the calls followed recent remarks by Integrity and Standards Compliance Department (Jips) director Aida Abdul Hamid that Noorizwan’s body...

They said the calls followed recent remarks by Integrity and Standards Compliance Department (Jips) director Aida Abdul Hamid that Noorizwan’s body had no internal injuries, which they said contradicted the autopsy findings at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM (HUKM).