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Eight years ago last week, Ho Kwai See, a 28-year old coconut trader, died in police custody at the Sungai Buloh prison one week after being detained.

The report from the first post-mortem carried out by the Kuala Lumpur Hospital stated that he died of a perforated ulcer.  However, his family noticed bruises on his body and suspected that he had been assaulted.

Despite the requirement that all custodial deaths be investigated by inquiries conducted pursuant to Chapter XXXII of the Criminal Procedure Code, it does not appear that an inquest has been conducted into Ho Kwai See’s death.

Every death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated. Ho Kwai See’s death must not be relegated to a mere statistic.

Based on the Royal Malaysia Police’s statistics, 85 persons died in police custody between 2003 and 2007 alone.

We express our heartfelt condolences to Ho Kwai See’s family and friends on the anniversary of his death.