SHAH ALAM: Selangor police have refuted a report by an online portal claiming that a detainee was denied medical treatment while being held for investigations.
State commercial crime investigation department chief Azman Ali said the suspect, who was arrested on April 17 on suspicion of being involved in the purchase and sale of automated teller machine (ATM) cards, was taken for treatment while being detained at the Selayang police station, Gombak, yesterday.
“Yesterday, when the suspect was in remand custody under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code at the Selayang police station, he complained of fever and was worried if it was a symptom of dengue or Covid-19.
“As a result, police from the Gombak district police headquarters (IPD) sent him for treatment to Selayang Hospital.
“The results of the doctor’s report stated that he had a normal fever and he was given medicine and treatment,” he said in a statement today.
Azman said the suspect was previously remanded for four days and during that period he did not complain of fever or illness.
In addition, Azman said police had strong evidence to detain the suspect to facilitate investigations into cases of fraud reported by victims in Serdang, Shah Alam and Gombak.
“Reports stating that the police had engaged in ‘chain remand’ (passing detainees around police stations) or any arbitrary actions are inaccurate,” he said. - FMT
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