GEORGE TOWN, May 24 – Task force chairman P Ramasamy hold a press conference today said it’s the time for an independent inquiry into the death of a drug abuse suspect at the Bukit Mertajam police station. He said the latest death in police custody involved 39-year-old lorry driver Mohd Izham Abdul Rahman, who died on Apr 27.
He said Izham was arrested on Apr 25 and sent to the intensive care ward at Bukit Mertajam Hospital on Apr 26. He died the next day due to breathing difficulties (sesak nafas). Izham’s wife, Siti Hawa Mispon Bandi, 29, present in the press conference today told the reporters that she was very surprised her husband could die from shortness of breath as he had been healthy up till his death.
“I just want to know how he could die in police custody. He was healthy and I cannot understand how he could just die in an instant. I am not aware of him consuming drugs of any kind either. Now, I have to take care of four children aged five to 10 by myself,” she said. — PN
