JOHOR BARU: The state government has denied allegations that two Johor MPs were not invited to join a virtual meeting on Thursday (May 27) here to discuss the welfare of the people.
Surendran Shanker's case is currently classified as sudden death. The hospital where he died, however, is now refusing to release the remains of the victim
The spate of custodial deaths in Malaysia is macabre, and its frequency may send the wrong message that there is a lacuna of accountability by the authorities towards detainees in their care.