3.48 The Coroner Datuk Jagjit Singh found 49 injuries especially bruises all over the body of P. Karuna Nithi. The injuries were caused by beating using objects and by other unlawful actions. According to Coroner’s Court, the death of suspect was due to failure of the police in giving required medical treatment and preventing other detainees from torturing the suspect in lock-up. 3.49 The CCTV footage showed a police officer opened the door of the cell where Karuna Nithi was being detained and kicked him so hard that Karuna Nithi fell on the ground. The footage also showed that other detainees punched and kicked him. 3.50 In addition, from statements given by eyewitnesses, Karuna Nithi was transferred 9 times from one lock-up to another due to hallucination as he was often raving and screaming. According to the Coroner, although the suspect was a ‘disturbing’ detainee, there were no excuses that he was treated as such. 3.51 Moreover, the Coroner also noted that the welfare of the deceased was neglected by the police as the suspect was assumed as pretending to be sick in the lock-up. Case 3 – C. Sugumar 76 3.52 On 6 March 2015, Coroner’s Court of Shah Alam found that the police’s negligence of not providing an urgent medical treatment to a security guard, C. Sugumar, aged 39 years old, had caused the death of the suspect. C. Sugumar died on 23 January 2013, while being arrested by the police in a public area around Kajang. The reported cause of death was ‘coronary artery disease’. 3.53 The Coroner Rozi Bainon stated that the actions of the police spraying the suspect with curry powder, stepping on him, and handcuffing him with two pairs of handcuffs as violent and abnormal. The Coroner also stated the suspect’s 76 Online Malay Mail dated 6 March 2015, The Star Online dated 6 March 2015 and Malaysian Insider dated 6 March 2015. 51