Tampin Detainee's Death: Police Says No Abuse

The death of a 43-year-old inmate at the Tampin lock-up on Saturday has nothing to do with police brutality.

State police chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Osman Salleh said a coroner and a pathologist had examined the remains of P. Karuna Nithi (pic) and both have said there were no bruises or external injuries on the deceased to suggest abuse.

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“We are waiting for the final post-mortem report to see if the deceased suffered any internal injury. But as of now, the pathologist is unable to establish the cause of death,” he told reporters here.

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SAC Osman said the jobless man had been well taken care of when he was in the lock-up and there are CCTV recordings to prove this.

A 43-year-old man died at the Tampin, Negri Sembilan lock-up yesterday, raising the number of deaths under the police watch that have already claimed the lives of five people this year.

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It was learnt that P. Karuna Nithi was discovered unconscious by policemen on duty around 6.30pm. Police called for an ambulance from Tampin Hospital, but paramedics pronounced Karuna dead when they arrived at the scene.

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The family does not know the cause of Karuna’s death yet.

However they claimed that they found blood at the back of Karuna’s head and that there were marks on his left arm.

Rajagopalu said according to Tamil Anban who is Karuna's brother, there were injury marks on Karuna Nithi's body.

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The family of P Karuna Nithi from Gemencheh, Tampin, was informed by a police personnel at about 9.45pm last night that he has died suddenly in Tampin district police headquarters.

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Negeri Sembilan MIC chairman Datuk T Rajagopalu said the family of P. Karuna Nithi, 42, were shocked as they were making arrangements to raise the money to bail him out after a Magistrate's Court allowed RM4,000 bail on Friday.

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“We were supposed to pay the bail amount tomorrow (Monday) morning to secure his release but last night we received a call about his sudden death,” he said.

Karuna was arrested by police on Monday after he allegedly hit his wife on the head with a helmet in Taman Muhibbah, Gemenceh.

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According to Karuna’s brother Elam, the former was arrested on May 29 following a misunderstanding with his wife. Karuna and his wife have two children, aged 13 and 15. He was then remanded for three day before being charged at the Tampin magistrate’s court on May 31.

He was charged at the Tampin magistrate's court on Friday under Section 324 of the Penal Code for causing hurt by dangerous means.

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He was supposed to be sent to the Sungai Udang prison in Malacca on remand the same day he was charged in court, but the order was delayed until Monday.

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Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh has confirmed the death but declined to elaborate further.

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“The post-mortem report has yet to be released, so I cannot speak further. We have classified the case as sudden death, no criminal element,” Osman was quoted telling TV station Astro Awani.

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“The procedure is that the police should have sent Karuna to a prison, not police lock up, while awaiting his family to raise bail money. So who’s negligence is this, the court or the police?” asked Rajagopalu.

On the 22nd of May 2013, N Dhamendran, who was arrested and in police custody due to a fight on May 11, was found dead at Hospital Kuala Lumpur with bruises all over and staples in both his ears.

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