Police suspect in detainee's death to be charged today

The policeman who is a suspect in the death of police detainee N. Dharmendran will be charged in court today for murder.

Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, in a statement here today, said the decision to charge the policeman was made after a report on the investigation of the detainee's death was sent to his office yesterday.

He said the investigation was carried out by a special team.

Abdul Gani said although he regretted the incident, he praised the police for the quick action taken to investigate the case.

This reflected the commitment of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) in upholding the integrity of the force, he added.

Dharmendran, 31, died in the cell of his lockup at the D9 branch of the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters last May 21 while in remand for attempted murder.

The remand order was for 10 days from May 12.

Abdul Ghani said based on a post-mortem conducted by the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on May 22, Dharmendran died due to diffused soft tissue injuries caused by multiple blunt force trauma.

"The Attorney-General Chambers views seriously the latest incident on the death of detainee while being detained by an enforcement agency and is committed to address any form of abuse that caused Dharmendran's death," he added.