
EAIC: Serious police misconduct, abuse of power in detainees' deaths
UPDATED 3.10PM | Commission finds court orders ignored in custodial deaths of S Balamurugan and Soh Kai Chiok.

UPDATED 3.10PM | Commission finds court orders ignored in custodial deaths of S Balamurugan and Soh Kai Chiok.

Suaram says 16-year-old witness in Balamurugan death in custody case has been detained since Sept 1.





UPDATED 6.54PM | A detainee tells of how death-in-custody victim Balamurugan was beaten by a police officer.

UPDATED 3.04PM | He failed to comply with magistrate's orders to assist the detainee, who eventually died in police custody.

The two officers didn't want to offend their seniors from the D9 unit, the EAIC inquiry hears.

Charles Santiago says culture of impunity must go, wants action based on Suhakam's findings.

Magistrate reveals S Balamurgan's face and eyes were swollen, he could not sit up, stand or raise his head in court.

We know any investigation by the police would be an internal process, says DAP's Charles Santiago.







UPDATED 3.02PM | 'Today we have a wife without a husband, a daughter without a father, and a family without an elder son.'


UPDATED 1.40PM | Family members claim they saw incriminating marks on body of dead detainee.