The police committed several serious breaches of conduct and abuses of power in relation to the death of detainee S Balamurugan last year, the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) has found.

"The commission finds the police's failure to release the deceased after their remand order was rejected by the magistrate is a serious misconduct of not obeying the court," EAIC chief A Aziz A Rahim said.

Speaking at a press conference in Putrajaya today, Aziz said the police had also failed to comply with the magistrate's order to immediately send Balamurugan to a hospital...