CHAPTER 3 STATISTICS OF DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY I. Introduction 3.1 In carrying out this Research, the Commission has requested the statistics on deaths in police custody from 2000-2014. The statistics were requested in order to view the pattern, profile and causes of death in detention. With cooperation from Bukit Aman police force, the Commission managed to obtain the statistics and prepared the analysis as shown below. The Commission also managed to obtain the information on death cases and information on several other issues from the interview with respondents and observation made during the visits. II. Data of Deaths in Police Custody from 2000-2014 3.2 The total no. of deaths reported from 2000 till 2014 is 255. However, the data received as accordance to the catogaries listed below was only up to February 2014 which only address 242 cases. The Commission has been working on getting the latest data and while this report were written, the relevant informations have yet to be obtained. 33