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Another detainee, S. Balamurugan is dead: That is one too many…
Posted on February 26, 2017
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Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid
Published 7:15 pm
Modified 7:16 pm
The family of S Balamurugan has filed a lawsuit against the police over his death in custody three years ago.
His Thai wife Natthanan Yoochomsuk and his brother S Balraj filed the writ of summons through law firm Daim & Gamany at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Registry on Feb 7.
On Jan 18, 2018, the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) found that the police had committed several serious breaches of conduct and abuses of power concerning the death of Balamurugan the year before.
Balamurugan was arrested and allegedly beaten at the Bandar Baru Klang police station on Feb 6, 2017, before he was taken to the Shah Alam centralised lock-up facility for a few hours and then sent for a remand hearing at a Klang magistrate’s court in the morning.
The magistrate ordered that Balamurugan be released, but instead, he was allegedly held at the North Klang police district headquarters and was found dead in the early hours of Feb 8, 2017.
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