The state’s CID chief, Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal, said this followed reports lodged, including a sudden death report, which they were looking into.

“I will be looking into three specific elements, namely duty of care, foul play and SOP compliance,” he said in a statement.

Earlier today, FMT reported that lorry driver Vinaiyagar K Thinpathy, 49, died in police custody on Monday.

He was arrested in Banting on Sept 8.

When he did not attend his second remand hearing at the Telok Datok magistrates’ court on Monday, his wife, Navaneetham Nagappan, 35, went to the IPD, where she was told that Vinaiyagar had died earlier in the morning.

Yesterday’s autopsy at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) found that Vinaiyagar, who was found to have been Covid-19 positive, died due to a burst ulcer in his stomach.

Navaneetham, who was allowed to see Vinaiyagar’s body before the autopsy, alleged she saw swellings all over her husband’s body.

Navaneetham is adamant that she has not been provided any information as to why or under what section of the law her husband was detained.

Dayalan Sreebalan, who heads two NGOs, told FMT the pathologist at HKL found that Vinaiyagar’s stomach was full of fluid due to the burst ulcer, which the pathologist said could have been prevented.