(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. 49

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