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Five years ago today, 33-year-old police detainee S Manimaran died at the Rembau police station lock-up under dubious circumstances a mere seven hours after he was arrested on suspicion of breaking into a neighbour’s house in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan.

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 S Manimaran’s death.

Every death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated.  S Manimaran’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 S Manimaran’s family and friends on this anniversary of his death.