The Prisons Department will set up a board of inquiry to investigate the death of a youth, A Subramaniam, who was allegedly assaulted by officials at the Air Molek prison in Johor.

Responding to a complaint by Parti Reformasi Insan Malaysia (Prim), the department's deputy director general Md Noh Murad said instructions have been issued for the board to be set up as soon as possible.