ANNUAL REPORT 2019 59 SUHAKAM took the following actions: The family made several allegations. The findings of SUHAKAM’s investigations are as follows: i. Allegation of not explaining the cause of death in detail The next-of-kin alleged that they were not given a detailed explanation of his death by the Seri Manjung Hospital. The final postmortem report and the forensic specialist’s post-mortem report were also notgiven to them. SUHAKAM was informed that Seri Manjung Hospital invited the deceased’s brother for a meeting to explain the outcome of the final post-mortem report on September 6, 2019. However, the meeting was not held because the brother refused to attend without his lawyers. SUHAKAM takes note that the deceased’s brother met with the Seri Manjung Hospital authorities for further explanation of the postmortem report earlier in 2019, but he was not convinced as the Hospital was unable to provide the post-mortem report by a forensic specialist. The Seri Manjung Hospital informed him that in sudden death cases, where there are no criminal elements, the post-mortem is not be done by a Forensic Specialist. As such they were unable to produce a report by a Forensic Specialist. ii. Allegation of lack of transparency in the internal investigation conducted by the Malaysian Armed Forces. The complainant claims that the internal investigation by the Armed Forces was not transparent as the next-of-kin were not called to give a statement on the background of the deceased before he CHAPTER 1 i. Recorded a statement from the deceased’s brother. ii. Met with the Royal Malaysia Police Investigation Officer. iii. Met with Seri Manjung Hospital and interviewed the doctor who conducted the post-mortem on the deceased. iv. Visited KDSI 1 and interviewed cadets and officers relevant to the case. v. Met with the next-of-kin to get further clarification on the health of the deceased. vi. Met with the doctor from HAT who confirmed the death of the deceased. vii. Met with the Manpower Branch of the Malaysian Armed Forces. viii. Recorded statements from cadets who left the training without completing it.