The investigation into the death of Noorizwan Zulkefly while in police custody has been taken over by the Prosecution/Legal Division (D5) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Bukit Aman.

Bukit Aman CID director M Kumar (above) said the case is now being investigated under Section 331 of the Penal Code, on intentional infliction of grievous hurt to extort a confession or to compel the restoration of property.

Editor's note: Paragraphs 9-12 have been added for context. It does not appear in the original Bernama copy.