‘Outrageous, disrespectful’: Lawyers blast KL police chief, demand murder probe into Noorizwan’s death

Lawyers have slammed Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus over statements they said were disrespectful to the family of Noorizwan Zulkefly, the 42-year-old who was arrested by Cheras police last month and died in custody some 10 days later, with a forensic report confirming severe head trauma and other injuries.

They said that far from acknowledging the injuries suffered by the victim, Fadil instead made "outrageous and unacceptable" remarks about Noorizwan's "small injuries on a drug addict" and his previous arrest records, describing them as an attempt to "divert attention from the serious and extensive injuries suffered by him in police custody".

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