Khalid Ismail says several unusual injuries were found on Noorizwan Zulkefly's body which require attention.
Key takeaways
Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the death of a detainee at Cheras police headquarters, citing unusual external injuries. The suspect died in hospital after being held for drug and theft-related offenses.
- IGP Khalid Ab Rahman directed CID director M Kumar to conduct a prompt investigation into the custodial death.
- Noorizwan Zulkefly died at UKM hospital on October 1 after being arrested on September 19 for drug possession and theft.
- JIPS reported the detainee had external injuries but no internal organ damage, prompting PM Anwar Ibrahim to demand a transparent probe.
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IGP Khalid Ismail instructed the federal criminal investigation department to give periodic updates on the investigation into the death in custody. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail has ordered Bukit Aman's criminal investigation department to investigate the death of a 42-year-old man in Cheras police custody on Oct 1.
While police are still waiting for the full laboratory report to determine the cause of Noorizwan Zulkefly’s death, Khalid said there were unusual external injuries on the detainee's body.
“Yesterday, as you may know, the integrity and standards compliance department (JIPS), which investigates deaths in custody, issued a statement on the matter.
