Death in prison - "Last week, it emerged that a 36-year-old prisoner who has been in jail for the past two years was found dead in his cell, with blunt force trauma wounds to his head and body.Following a burial in his hometown, the victim’s family lodged a police report and when details from the post mortem came out, police began investigating the case for murder.'
GOOD - that police are investigating and so far 10 prison warders have been arrested and remanded > Hopefully, there will be no 'cover-up' and we will soon see charges and trials.
Eight Sabah prison wardens detained following death in custody
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 17 — Eight Prison Department wardens including
one officer are under police investigation following the death of an
inmate due to head injuries at the Kepayan central prison here.
City police chief assistant commissioner Habibi Majinji said a police
team from the D9 serious crime unit detained the men last night after a
36-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell at the prison facility on
October 4.
“Yes, they turned themselves in and have been arrested and are under police remand.
“Initially, the case was being investigated as sudden death, but when
the post-mortem results came out suggesting foul play, we reclassified
the case as murder,” he said.
The inmate, who had been in jail for two years following a conviction
for drug offences, was believed to have sustained blunt force injuries
to his head.
He was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital but was pronounced dead.
A police report was then filed by the inmate’s family. He has been buried in his hometown of Ranau.
Habibi today confirmed the arrests of the wardens and said they were
currently under a seven-day remand to facilitate investigations under
Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. - Malay Mail, 7/10/2019
Two more prison wardens arrested over inmate death in custody
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 23 — Police here have hauled in two more prison
wardens for their investigation into the death of an inmate here earlier
this month.
Kota Kinabalu city police chief assistant commissioner Habibi Majinji
said the two were taken in yesterday, while eight more had their remand
extended.
“The latest two wardens will be remanded for a week while the other
eight wardens will have their remand extended another week,” he said
when speaking to reporters during a press conference here today.
Habibi said that they hoped to wrap up investigations within a week.
Last week, it emerged that a 36-year-old prisoner who has been in
jail for the past two years was found dead in his cell, with blunt force
trauma wounds to his head and body.
Following a burial in his hometown, the victim’s family lodged a
police report and when details from the post mortem came out, police
began investigating the case for murder.
Meanwhile in a separate case, police here are on the hunt for three
men, including the main suspect who was previously convicted for
break-ins and drug abuse, breached his curfew to go on a robbing spree
here last weekend.
The 26-year-old suspect who was on order of detention in Menumbok,
was found missing last October 17 when authorities were doing their
routine check on him.
Mohamad Faizal went his robbery spree on 24-hour convenience stores
in the Telipok, Menggatal and Sepanggar district at about 4am on October
20, along with two accomplices, all armed with machetes.
He allegedly broken into a 24-hour convenience store in Telipok at
about 4.20am and then to another one nearby at about 4.30am, before
moving on to the next town of Menggatal at 5am, before making one more
robbery in Sepanggar town at 5.30am.
They took money from the cash register, handphones, other sundry goods such as packed cigarettes, canned drinks and other items.
The total losses on these cases amounted to about RM5, 000 including cash. - Malay Mail, 23/10/2019
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