Lawyers challenge police claim of no internal injuries in Cheras detainee death

Lawyers for Liberty directors Rania Aljunied and Dina Zamri contend that a forensic examination by a Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM pathologist revealed generalized brain bleeding and intestinal hemorrhage in the 42-year-old detainee Noorizwan, injuries that can be fatal. They dispute Bukit Aman’s public claim that Noorizwan suffered only external wounds and that the cause of death remains pending laboratory analysis.

The lawyers argue that blunt-head trauma identified by the autopsy cannot be altered by any pending lab tests and demand that the case be re-classified as murder. They have appealed to Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar to order a murder investigation and to assign a special Bukit Aman team, while also calling for the suspension of any officers suspected of involvement. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has ordered the police inspector-general to conduct a thorough and transparent inquiry into the death, which occurred after Noorizwan was arrested on drug-related and theft charges and held at the Cheras police headquarters.