NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation (NGO) Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET) is curious if the Home Minister, Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other law enforcement officers (prosecutors) are in contempt of court for their failure to ensure inquests into death in police custody cases.
This is given that Practice Direction No. 2 of 2019 by then Chief Justice Richard Malanjum that came into force on March 8, 2019 stated among others that all deaths in custody inquest must be completed within six months.
Moreover, the Special Coroners Court has been established since April 15, 2014 to enable registration of deaths in court as well as to undertake duties and procedures for inquest.
“Has the minister, the police and the prosecutors complied with this directions?” asked MADPET co-founder Charles Hector in a media statement.
“In January 2022, four persons have already died in police custody, and MADPET is most concerned as to whether the coroner is doing its job, including the conducting of speedy inquests (inquiries) as required by existing laws,”
The four reported deaths in police custody are, namely:
On Dec 16 last year, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin disclosed in Parliament that the total number of death in police custody cases for the period beginning January 2015 until September 2021 was 79 with inquest conducted only for 20 cases.
Stressing the importance of speedy action by the Coroner who is duty-bound to determine “when, where, how and what manner the deceased came by his death”, MADPET called on:
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DickyMe
YES! He is solely responsible for the departments under his supervision.
2022-02-03 22:08