The inmate who died in a Johor lock up on Sunday succumbed to Covid-19 infection, police said.
This is according to the post-mortem examination by Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru yesterday, Bukit Aman's Integrity and Standard Compliance director Azri Ahmad said.
No injuries were found on the 48-year-old man, who was held at the Seri Alam police station lockup, he said.
“A Covid-19 test administered on the deceased returned a positive result.
“The cause of death is Covid-19 pneumonia. The death is classified as sudden death,” he said.
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The detainee was held there temporarily before he was to be transferred to the Kluang Prison to serve five months in jail for a drug offence.
The man was convicted of taking prohibited drugs on April 27.
He was found to be “in a weak state” at 8.35am on Sunday by police personnel, who then contacted the hospital.
A medical assistant confirmed he died at 9.35am.
He was the 16th person to die in custody this year and the second to die of Covid-19 since last month.
On April 12, police said an inmate who was found dead in the Indera Mahkota Centralised Lock-up on April 9 died of “chronic lung infection with underlying pulmonary tuberculosis with Covid-19”.
He was serving an eight-month jail sentence under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 at the Penor Prison in Kuantan and was moved to the lockup to attend a court mention on April 14. - Mkini
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