Integrity and standards compliance department (JIPS) director Azri Ahmad said of the seven cases reported, four were deaths in lock-ups.

In the other two cases, the suspect died at the hospital while a third died on the way to hospital, he said.

He gave the assurance that all cases of custodial deaths will be investigated by the criminal investigation unit on deaths in custody set up under JIPS last month.

Investigations will be conducted transparently without any compromise, he told a special media conference in Bukit Aman today.

Azri said the police had proposed that an integrated clinic be set up at police lock-ups to monitor the health of those in police custody.

Under the current police SOPs, persons in police custody with health problems will be referred to the nearest hospital.