Police confirm receiving report on custodial death of Indian tourist
Police today confirmed receiving documents in relations to the death of Indian tourist Zeawdeen Kadar Masdan in immigration detention.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Mazlan Mansor, however, declined to reveal further details.
"I cannot reveal the cause of death. It could be the subject of an inquest later on...
Police today confirmed receiving documents in relations to the death of Indian tourist Zeawdeen Kadar Masdan in immigration detention.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Mazlan Mansor, however, declined to reveal further details.
"I cannot reveal the cause of death. It could be the subject of an inquest later on. I can only confirm that we received the documents.
"We should wait, maybe there will be an inquest or an investigation that is taken to court," said Mazlan during a press conference at the Petaling Jaya district police station.
"If I reveal it here, it could be prejudicial to investigations," said the former PJ district police chief.
When asked on whether an inquest will be conducted to determine Zeawdeen's cause of death, Mazlan said no decision has been made on the matter.
"We will see from the documents...whatever it is, no further information can be released at this moment," he said.
The Health Ministry had on June 22 said a post-mortem was conducted on Zeawdeen's body but his cause of death about a week prior to that was at the time undetermined pending results of various laboratory tests.
Zeawdeen died on June 14 in the Immigration Department's detention depot in Bukit Jalil, days after he finished treatment for Covid-19.
Malaysiakini understands that as of late last month, the post-mortem report has been completed but its results cannot be revealed as it has been handed over to the police for further actions.
Indonesian graft fugitive nabbed
On a separate matter, Mazlan similarly refused to reveal details of a reported joint operation between PDRM and Indonesian police which had led to arrest of graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra last Thursday.
"I can't give the details off the cuff.
"Whatever it is, the subject (Djoko) has been sent back to Indonesia. That's all I can reveal at this point," he said.
"We (police) don't want to go into the reason for his arrest and other details," he added.
Quizzed to clarify reasons behind Indonesian police reportedly thanking PDRM for its cooperation, Mazlan insisted: "We arrested him, and he was sent back. That's all."
The 68-year-old was reportedly handed over by Malaysian police late last Thursday night to their counterparts and flown back to Jakarta in a chartered private jet from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang Jaya.
Djoko is listed among Indonesia's most wanted fugitive after fleeing the country since 2009 - first to Papua New Guinea and later Malaysia - to escape serving a jail sentence and fine after being convicted of embezzlement of Bank Bali funds.
His arrest had sparked fresh probes, including over a flow of illicit funds which had allowed him to evade authorities for 11 years.
Indonesian cops probing illicit funds linked to graft fugitive arrested in KL
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