62 SUHAKAM cadets who were in training and those who left. However, the findings were not consistent. The cadets still in training said there were no human rights violations involving the deceased throughout the whole week whereas cadets who left said a senior officer had slapped the deceased multiple times because he was unable to cope with the training. As penalty, the deceased was also isolated from the other cadets and forced to complete double the physical training compared to the other cadets. SUHAKAM believes that the incident of being slapped by a senior officer could not be a direct contributing factor to his death. However, forcing the deceased to complete physical training despite his weak condition and poor performance may be the main reason the deceased developed Rhabdomyolysis1 that subsequently leads to Pulmonary Odema (liquid in lungs) which caused the death of the deceased. Based on its investigations, SUHAKAM recommendations for the relevant agencies: made the following i. SUHAKAM recommends the Ministry of Health conducts a thorough medical investigation to determine a more particular cause of death. In this case, no specific cause of death was able to be identified via the post-mortem. ii. The Ministry of Health should strengthen the cooperation between Hospital Seri Manjung and HAT. In this case, two different doctors from the respective hospitals handled the deceased’s body. The doctor from HAT confirmed the death, took some blood samples and came up with his findings. The doctor from Hospital Seri Manjung conducted a post-mortem and came up with his conclusions as well. If both doctors were in communication prior to the post-mortem, they could have incorporated both their findings and probably been able to identify a more specific cause of death. iii. In cases of conflict of interest of the witnesses (cadets), PDRM should independently call for witnesses rather than just interview those provided by the KDSI officers. iv. The BOI should inform the next-of-kin formally of the findings of the internal investigation as this would increase their trust in the BOI investigations. 1 Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle tissue that leads to the release of muscle fibre contents into the blood. These substances are harmful to the kidney and often cause kidney damage – Source: US National Library of Medicine; https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000473.htm