COMMENT | The harrowing account of S Rajeswari, who arrived at the hospital soaked from the downpour only to be told, hours later, that her husband was dead, underscores yet again the disturbing opacity surrounding deaths in police custody.

Her husband, M Manisegaran, was alive and heading home at 8.20pm. Within a span of a few hours, he was detained, transported by ambulance, and declared dead on arrival.

And at every stage, the police withheld information from his wife. This is not confusion; it is obstruction.

What followed is a textbook example of why Malaysians no longer trust police narratives. 

Rajeswari saw...