Taiping Prison custodial deaths: Set up Royal Commission to uncover truth, ensure accountability - Twentytwo13

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Taiping Prison custodial deaths: Set up Royal Commission to uncover truth, ensure accountability - Twentytwo13

The use of excessive force on inmates at Taiping Prison on Jan 17, which has allegedly resulted in two custodial deaths in one month, underscores the need to set up a Special Royal Commission to uncover the truth, ensure accountability, and guide systemic reform in the prison system, writes criminologist Dato' Dr P. Sundramoorthy from Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Centre for Policy Research.