CRUELTY & INJUSTICE: Nigerian PhD student, ORHIONS EWANSIHA THOMAS died in hands of Malaysia Immigration officers for refusing bribe on time-Autopsy report … Victim cried, begged for life to be spared, yet refused and mocked *Deceased, obesed made to do frog jump severally in custody, collapsed, refused medication, *Arrested with 19 others by immigration officers at the Desa Aman Puri apartment in Kepong, Selangor, mistaken for undocumented immigrant * Thomas wanted to get his passport from his car near the restaurant but immigration officers mistook it as an attempt to escape He was taken to the Bukit Jalil immigration depot where the authorities still refused to let him go after verifying his documents to be genuine The immigration officers demanded a bribe from him to be released The money was paid but he was still detained at the Bukit Jalil depot -Eye witness account * The death of a Nigerian student at a detention centre was the result of a series of wrongful actions committed by the immigration department in Malaysia Thomas was an obese person weighing about 130kg but he was forced to do jump squats during the period of his detention which caused him to collapse He was given the wrong medication for high blood pressure He had a valid passport and documents but immigration officers still arrested him for inspection of documents -Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, Attorney for the deceased family *BY NIKE OLUWOLE/CRIME Correspondent, Malaysia
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