PETALING JAYA: A man under remand for house break-ins was found dead in his cell at the Bukit Sentosa police lock-up in Hulu Selangor.
Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt R Supramaniam said the policeman in charge of the lock-up found Thanaseelan Muniandy, 43, unconscious in his cell at 1.50am on Saturday.
An ambulance was summoned but medical personnel pronounced him dead, he told The Sun Daily.
A post-mortem will be held tomorrow.
Supramaniam said Thanaseelan was under court remand for four days from Feb 22.
He said the detainee was referred to Hospital Kuala Kubu Baru on Friday after complaining of stomach pains and he was given treatment.
The case has been classified as sudden death.
On Feb 7, a detainee, S Balamurugan, 44, died at the North Klang police headquarters.