(c) Intimidation imposed during Interrogation
350
325
300
NO.
250
200
150
100
50
29
0
YES
NO
TOTAL: 354 (19 detainees did not answer the question)
3.40 The detainees who were ill-treated mentioned that they were physically beaten,
kicked, punched, slapped, beaten with objects, head-banged against the wall
and caned. Most detainees informed that they were beaten on their soles with
rubber hose as it was believed that it would not leave any bruises. Also, there
were detainees who stated they were yelled at and stripped naked during
interrogation.
3.41 Those detainees who were threatened mentioned that they were forced to plead
guilty, by threatening with beatings and their family members would be arrested.
3.42 The use of violent treatments and threats are inhuman actions and they can be
the contributing factors to deaths in police custody.
VI. Decision of Coroner’s Court and Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission
(EAIC)
3.43 The Commission intends to point that although the statistics from PDRM
indicated only 2 death cases due to foul play by the police, in early 2015
Coroner’s Court73 adjudged the police as the cause of death in 3 other cases.
73Coroner’s
Court was established in every capital of state and came to power on 15 April 2014. The
Judge of Section Court is in-charge of Coroner’s Court.
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